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Article: REP. HINCHEY, HOUSE COLLEAGUES CALL FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
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- Article date:
- March 2, 2006
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Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. (22nd CD), issued the following press release:Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) this week led a group of three others House lawmakers in calling for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation of how much money the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spent each year over the past decade to enforce medical marijuana laws. Hinchey has led the bipartisan effort in Congress to stop the DOJ from prosecuting patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with state law. "We want to find out what the Department of Justice spends annually to prosecute medical marijuana patients so we can tell the American people exactly how much of their taxes is being wasted ...
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