A proposed amendment aimed at denying funding to the DEA and the raids against dispensaries operating in accordance with state law is drawing a lot of supporters to get involved. With this, many medical marijuana users and the friends and family of those users are sharing their story and why the need for medical marijuana access is so crucial in aiding their ailments.

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Two California congressman, Democrat and Republican, join together to ask the federal government to stop infering with those who grow, sell, or use medical marijuana. The House of Representatives is set to vote tonight on the issue. The propsed amendment would forbid the Justice Department from spending its budget arresting and prosecuting people who use, distribute, or grow medical marijuana in the sixteen states that have laws that allow it. 

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Many people liken the opposition of marijuana to alcohol prohibition in the 1920's. Because of this, marijuana decriminalization and taxation is in favor among supporters as a resolution to the war on drugs. While some states have seen some decriminalization of marijuana, as well as allowance of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the road toward marijuana legalization seems to be a long one.

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