Obamas War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even UglierScott Morgan Theyre not even pretending its about state law anymore. Harborside has a permit from the City of Oakland and pays millions in taxes to the state of California. Theyve been covered extensively in the press, and featured on the Discovery Channel program Weed Wars. Everyone knows exactly what goes on inside Harborside because weve seen it with our own eyes: they provide high-quality medical cannabis and other services to qualified patients. This is the definition of a legal and well-regulated medical marijuana dispensary. This is beyond outrageous and it flies in the face of even the most recent excuses put forward by the Attorney General and the President himself when attempting to justify their escalating war on medical marijuana. By targeting Harborside solely on the basis of its reputation as the nations biggest medical marijuana provider, DOJ forgets something rather important: its the biggest because its the best. Harborside is a model of safe, secure, patient-oriented medical marijuana services. Its also a model of legal compliance, and any effort to shut its doors simply obliterates the Attorney Generals recent claims that DOJ is merely upholding local laws. He really should stop saying that. It boggles the mind to imagine what sort of perverted logic is driving Obamas vicious assault on a voting block that helped elect him four years ago. What little the President has said on the matter in recent months is now even more obviously false, and if it isnt about upholding state laws, then the question of the Administrations true agenda is something about which we can only speculate. It isnt winning him any votes, thats for sure. Today, anyone whos tried to make excuses for Obamas horrible handling of all this should just stop. Anyone who says this President is secretly a friend of the marijuana reform movement should close their mouth. Anyone whos claimed that theyre only busting bad dispensaries can cut the crap. This is a war. Its Obamas war. And to my friends who are too afraid of Mitt Romney right now to criticize Obama, I say youre making our President more dangerous by meeting his mistakes with silence. If you dont want Obama to destroy medical marijuana in America, this would be a good time to speak up about it. Follow Scott Morgan on Twitter: www.twitter.com/drugblogger. Please visit StopTheDrugWar.org to support ending prohibition. 