A TIME FOR REAL CHANGE! Sometimes change comes quickly: a warm day announces the end of winter and the start of spring … the World economy washes out years of illusionary profit and prosperity within a few short months … climate change moves from science fiction to scientific certainty. Sometimes change, however well-intended, occurs slowly. On March 18th, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced that the Obama administration would end federal government support of raids on medical cannabis dispensaries in states that have legalized compassionate distribution, http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n318/a07.html. And yet, on March 26th, federal agents raided a Bay area dispensary called Emmalyn's licensed by the City of San Francisco, seizing cannabis, cash, and property, but making no arrests (insert article link). Real change can't come too soon for America's critically and chronically ill, and by
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