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Re: The DEA is raiding California right now ~ Federal interference in state law?

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Originally Posted by Evil_inKarlate View Post
No, it's Completely relevant. The FDA Claims exclusive jurisdiction over medicine, but only has Legitimate juridiction over medicine involved in interstate commerce. Whether a local doctor prescribes marijuana to a local patient, or some entrpreneur grows it in their basement to sell to the neighborhood kids, it's none of the Feds' business. (Not that I endorse either, but that's the way the law's written.)
A terrifying thought. Medicine is already regional enough. While the FDA is like everything else that the gov't does, it does actually do a fair job of keeping bad medicines out. Eliminating that control would be disastrous.
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