DEA Takes Medicinal Marijuana Seized by SPD

Despite the fact that medical marijuana is legal in the State of Washington and the Seattle Police Department are paid to uphold said laws, the SPD handed over 12 ounces of illegally seized medicinal marijuana to the DEA. The SPD turned the medical marijuana to the DEA at the request of U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan, who asked for it to be destroyed.

Strangely, this same attorney's office is not pursuing criminal charges or any further legal action, while the DEA and the attorney's office are citing the Controlled Substances Act, which criminalizes marijuana, to justify the seizure. To us, however, it looks like they're more interested in simply destroying the evidence than in confronting the complex problems that cases like this bring up. Plus, we imagine even the feds would take no joy in putting an ailing man on a long, drawn-out public trial where the actual merits of medical marijuana would have to be discussed.

From the Cannabis as Medicine set from Flickr Photog evil poet