Re: [RFI] cops zero in on noisy grow light ballasts

[Tom Thompson <w0ivj@tomthompson.com>]

It even gets more complicated in that all the dispensaries in Colorado 
are having to deal in cash because no banks will associate with them 
because of federal banking laws.
Tom   W0IVJ


On 2/11/2016 7:56 PM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> Its an interesting thing to see the clash between state and feds.  I 
> was just reading the ABA Journal and noted with some interest the fact 
> that pot growers and pot dispensaries are unable to take advantage 
> federal bankruptcy protection because, under federal law, these 
> "professions" are not valid professions that are eligible for federal 
> bankruptcy protection or reorganization.
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
> On 2/11/2016 9:20 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> > : There is one major problem people and hams forget. Pot growing is 
> > legal
> > : in some states, but it is illegal by federal law in all states and
> > : currently the feds are known for not honoring state laws where pot is
> > grown.
> > : There have been a number of stories on on state news outlets.
> >
> > I haven't dug too deeply, but in the few states I have looked up laws 
> > and
> > the people I often work with (law makers) tell me, Fed trumps state.
> >
> > I spoke with a person recently who has a legitimate medical issue and 
> > has
> > fought it for years taken more hideous "medication" than you can 
> > imagine,
> > the docs suggested weed.  It's legal in the state that person lives in
> > however, none of the paperwork arrived in the mail.  Research 
> > indicated NO
> > paperwork arrives in the mail, even though the policy is to not hand 
> > it out
> > in a state office.  Why not?  USPS is controlled by the feds and pot is
> > illegal at the federal level, the feds won't use their system to 
> > assist in
> > illegal drug dispensing.
> >
> > Kurt
> >
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