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El miércoles, agentes de la DEA allanaron 10 dispensarios de marihuana medicinal del área de Los Ángeles al mismo día en que el Consejo Municipal de Los Ángeles le mandó una carta pidiéndole que se quitara. Los allanamientos enfrentaron protestas nerviosas y desobediencia civil.

El miércoles, la Cámara de los Diputados derrotó la enmienda Hinchey-Rohrabacher, que habría prohibido el uso de fondos federales para arrestar y procesar a pacientes y proveedores de marihuana medicinal en estados en que ella es legal. Los defensores ganaron apenas dos votos con relación al año pasado, provocando discusiones sobre lo que viene a continuación.

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Detailed compilation and analysis of which members of Congress voted which way on the annual Hinchey/Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment to bar the Dept. of Justice from undermining state medical marijuana laws.

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