Less than two weeks after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum on how it intends to enforce marijuana laws in states that have legalized its use, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold unprecedented hearings today at 2:30 p.m. ET focusing in part on the details of that enforcement plan. Join ASA today as we take part in this historic moment.
We will live streaming the hearing today on the ASA YouTube Page and then following the hearing we will be hosting a Google Hangout at 5 p.m. ET to discuss our reaction to the testimony. The Google Hangout will feature federal defendants, family members of those incarcerated by the DOJ’s war on medical marijuana, legislators like Kriss Worthington of the Berkeley City Council, which has vowed legal action against the DOJ for its attempts to shut down one of the oldest and fully licensed dispensaries in California, Huffington Post D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim, Tracy Duval, the wife of recently incarcerated Michigan patient Jerry Duval, Dr. Sunil Aggarwal and several others with compelling stories about federal enforcement.
The Google Hangout will also feature discussion of ASA’s Peace for Patients campaign, which is aimed at bringing attention to the impact of the DOJ’s aggressive practices and calling on Congress to pass binding legislation that will restrict the funding for those same enforcement practices.
Have questions you wanted answered? During the broadcast & google hangout use the hashtag #LeahyReaction and we will answer your questions during the live Q&A. You can also leave questions before the show starts on our Leahy Reaction event page on Google+,as well as learn more about the guest and watch the hearing & hangout live.
Hopefully, Leahy can get some real answers out of the DOJ, over a million legal medical marijuana patients are depending on it.
