Further, you can argue whatever you want but you would be wrong to think what is going on in Colorado will end because a book in the library of congress includes wording that calls this experiment illegal.
Likewise, you would be wrong to think that dispensaries in Colorado and Washington are legal.
The DEA is NOT coming into Colorado without the blessing of the state. And they are no longer shutting down the bank accounts either, in fact new banks are coming online every day.
"without the blessing of the state". That's funny. DEA does not need any blessing of any state.
In fact, DEA already has a division near Denver. Appears they are still doing arrests/seizures related to the controlled substance act.
http://www.justice.gov/dea/divisions/den/2014/den042814.shtml"The superseding indictment includes an asset forfeiture allegation, which includes the firearms possessed by Diaz, and the money derived from the
unlawful activity, namely the
cultivation, manufacture and distribution of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance."
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_24570303/feds-raiding-denver-area-marijuana-operations-including-couple"Department of Justice spokesman Jeff Dorschner didn't provide details about the investigation, but he said he could state "unequivocally" that the actions were consistent with federal guidelines issued earlier this year that
marijuana businesses operating in compliance with their states' laws and
not tied to other criminal activity would not be targeted for enforcement."
"Boulder County Assessor's Office records show three marijuana-related businesses at that address: Swiss Medical Industries, Boulder Sweet Grass and Greenhill Investments. It was not clear whether all three businesses were the target of search warrants or just one or two."
"County records indicate
all three hold licenses for marijuana grow operations; Greenhill also holds a license for manufacture of infused products."
Medical Marijuana Raids: A Thing of the Past?http://www.cannalawblog.com/medical-marijuana-raids/"As you can see, the Amendment says nothing about raids, arrests, crackdowns, or any of the myriad other evils so many commentators seem to believe the Amendment would fix. Rather, the Amendment weakly forbids expending federal funds to stop the implementation of state MMJ law. Sullum correctly points out that stopping implementation is a much different thing than stopping arrests or investigations:"
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if the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrests a patient in Colorado for growing marijuana and the U.S. attorney prosecutes him, that does not, strictly speaking, prevent that state from implementing its law decriminalizing cultivation of cannabis for medical use. The DEA and the U.S. attorney are enforcing the federal ban on marijuana; they are not compelling Colorado to punish behavior its voters have decided to no longer treat as a crime."