<p>The problem with pills is that extracts are NOT the same as the whole plant. That’s true for just about every herbal out there. I’m not fond of green tea extract, but I do drink tea (which is an herbal infusion) all day. The difference between vanilla bean and vanilla extract is palpable. </p>
<p>For that matter, oranges have a lot more going for them than just vitamin C.</p>
<p>60 Mnutes addressed this on a segment last night. The Director of the Marijuana program in Colorado acknowledged that marijuana is not legal on a federal level, but noted that the Federal Government does not have the personnel to enforce the law. At this time they have decided to just not do anything. Having a law that can not be enforced is useless, and given the changing attitudes in the country, it will just be a matter of time before the Feds will have to address the issue. Even though it is not legal in California except for medicinal use, it is readily available by “prescription” as someone upstream noted. Times are changing…</p>
<p>If I was running the federal government and wanted to stop the marijuana trade California, I could do it in fifteen minutes. Arrest five doctors and charge them each with 1000 counts of aiding and abetting. Then let anyone try and get a prescription after that.</p>
<p>Right. Because the prohibition has worked so well for the last several decades ;)</p>
<p>I didn’t say it way a good idea. I was responding to the claim that the Feds lacked the personnel to actually enforce the prohibition.</p>
<p>fwiw, Uruguay just legalized the entire process, from growing to distribution.</p>
<p>[Uruguay:</a> Yes we cannabis - Features - Al Jazeera English](<a href=“http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/clone.of.uruguay-yes-cannabis-20131219104547530591.html]Uruguay:”>Uruguay: Yes we cannabis | Features | Al Jazeera)</p>
<p>We need to be like Uruguay.</p>
<p>EMM1, of COURSE they lack the personnel. That’s a huge reason why the prohibition has failed. If you could legitimately lock up every user/dealer (and look at our ridiculous prison populations- they’ve certainly tried!) then the prohibition wouldn’t be as much of a colossal failure as it has been. If you locked up those doctors as an example, their patients would just go find someone else (probably an illegal dealer). It wouldn’t solve anything.</p>
<p>Good for Uruguay.</p>