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One big question is: will Obama’s election change anything at all in regards to DEA aggression against patients and dispensaries? On the campaign trail Obama repeated several times, statements like this one in New Hamshire in late 2007: “I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It’s not a good use of our resources.”

But since his inauguration, there have been more than a few raids.  Several in LA on February 3. Then one on February 11 on MendoHealing Co-operative farm in Fort Bragg, California. The co-op President, Jean Marie Todd, 50 (who is not a medical cannabis user), was one of five people arrested. On her way to jail, she said to one of the men who arrested her, “I thought President Obama was going to call off these raids.” A Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy replied, “We haven’t gotten the message.”

You can read more about this last raid here, in a column by Fred Gardner, one of the best journalists writing on medical cannabis.

If you want the new Prez to feel your righteous anger, call the White House comment line here (M-F, 9am-5pm): (202) 456-1111:

And the new Attorney General, Eric Holder, can be reached here: (202) 353-1555