BREAKING: Congress applies common sense for first time in War on Marijuana

Early this morning the bipartisan House members voted to block the DEA from their egregiously wasteful raids on medical marijuana operations and facilities.

In a rare act of competency, Congress has proven that they’re not devoid of common sense. No longer will raids by the DEA be carried out on medical marijuana operations for the sake of preserving their big government budgets. The fact of the matter is if they don’t ‘use it, they lose it.’ Which for years, since the onset of medical marijuana, has led to wasteful raids on the facilities for the purposes of using up budget $$$.

Via HuffingtonPost:

“An appropriations amendment offered by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) prohibiting the DEA from spending funds to arrest state-licensed medical marijuana patients and providers passed 219-189. The Senate will likely consider its own appropriations bill for the DEA, and the House amendment would have to survive a joint conference before it could go into effect.

“Some people are suffering, and if a doctor feels that he needs to prescribe something to alleviate that suffering, it is immoral for this government to get in the way,” Rohrabacher said, his voice rising. ‘And that’s what’s happening.'”

This is just another step towards the inevitability of nation-wide legalized recreational marijuana, but it is a VERY important step. With each successful vote, and show of situational awareness by both citizens and government, we inch closer to a country devoid of marijuana prohibition and we inch further away from the police state.

For more details, head on over to HuffPo for the full recap of the vote.

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