Tell Obama to Call Off the War on Medical Marijuana in California

In cooperation with other reform organizations, NORML is encouraging you to contact President Obama and tell him to end his administration's war on cannabis patients. Click here to use NORML's Action Center to directly email the White House and tell President Obama to stand by his promise to not interfere with state medical marijuana laws.

The federal assault on medical marijuana is escalating with raids in Sacramento, Costa Mesa, San Diego and elsewhere. Lawsuits against property owners have been filed in several districts of the state. Mendocino County's outdoor licensed garden program has also been shut down by federal threats. The Obama administration has now closed more dispensaries than all its predecessors put together. Also:

• The IRS is denying tax-paying dispensaries reasonable expense deductions.
• The Dept. of Treasury is browbeating banks to close accounts of marijuana collectives.
• The BATF is denying medical marijuana patients’ right to have firearms.
• The DEA has turned down a petition to reschedule marijuana for medical use, ignoring extensive scientific evidence of marijuana’s efficacy.
• NIDA has blocked a proposed study on medical marijuana for PTSD.

Complain to the Dept. of Justice
202-353-1555 oig.hotline@usdoj.com
White House Hotline
202-456-1111 6AM-2PM PDT

  • NORML Attorneys Challenge Federal Crackdown
    Nov. 7, 2011 - NORML attorneys notified the federal government today that they were filing suit against the crackdown on medical marijuana in all four federal court districts of California. The lawsuit cites multiple constitutional arguments and seeks an immediate TRO or injunction against the DOJ in federal court.


  • CalNORML Statement at Press Conference in SF
    Oct. 19, 2011 - It's time for the federal government to recognize the truth: Marijuana is medicine. Current federal policy is bankrupt and counterproductive. It's time for DOJ policy to change and recognize Californians' right to medical marijuana.


  • OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RAMPS UP WAR ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA, ATTACKS DISPENSARIES IN "SENSITIVE AREAS" WITH PROPERTY FORFEITURE
    Oct 5, 2011 - In yet another attack by the Obama administration on medical marijuana, US Attorneys in California have sent out a series of letters threatening landlords with property forfeiture for renting their property to dispensaries deemed too close to "sensitive areas" such as schools and parks.


    • Reason Magazine: Barack Obama Turns Out to Be Just Another Drug Warrior

    Cannabis Culture: More Federal Shenanigans Mean Californians Lose Again

    Rolling Stone: Obama's War on Pot