"The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."

"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men." - Harry J. Anslinger,

For a more in-depth look at the racist origins of the drug laws of this country, I recommend Professor Charles Whitebread's 1995 Speech to the California Judges Association "The History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States".

That kind of racism was the basis of the drug laws, not science. A fact which most of the public are unaware of, yet a fact that most 'people of color' must confront daily courtesy of 'profiling'...a process which would have cost Mr. Obama the Presidency, had he suffered the fate of many of his fellow African-Americans in being caught with the illegal drugs he has admitted to using.

Holder's memo says this:

Typically, when any of the following characteristics is present, the conduct will not be in clear and unambiguous compliance with applicable state law and may indicate illegal drug trafficking activity of potential federal interest:

unlawful possession or unlawful use of firearms;
violence;

sales to minors;

financial and marketing activities inconsistent with the terms, conditions, or purposes of state law, including evidence of money laundering activity and/or financial gains or excessive amounts of cash inconsistent with purported compliance with state or local law;

amounts of marijuana inconsistent with purported compliance with state or local law;

illegal possession or sale of other controlled substances; or

ties to other criminal enterprises.

So, Holder's memo says that the conduct is not

in clear and unambiguous compliance with applicable state law.

I'm confused as to what the issue is about his arrest?  I'm not saying he's a drug trafficker or should even go to jail, but from the facts presented, it seems pretty clear he violated the law and should have been arrested, and then he will be allowed to make a case for the extra plants, right?

We already know that the law was supposed to benefit the infirm with serious medical problems for which pot could provide an alternative to traditional medicine.  What has happened is the same thing as any other lobby pushed agenda:  it has been misinterpreted, misused, and turned away from something positive to something negative.

For every cancer patient in need of a powerful anti-emetic there is a twenty-something suffering from residual pain of a car accident.  For every MS patient actually in need of temporary pain relief that pot offers there is a twenty-something claiming to suffer from eating disorders or stomach ailments.  The people who are getting med mj licenses are the people kids who went to the fairs and hung out on campuses with the leaf logo and petitions.  

It is asinine of states to pretend that they can legalize a drug that is already abused and that only the cancer patients etc are the one's who will benefit.  It was asinine of states to think that "Joe" wanted to start a business to help his MS stricken neighbor more than he wanted to be able to grow and sell the premium bud he'd been shelling out $500/oz for.

I'm not anti-state's rights.  I smoked pot for five years and I am most definitely anti-pot.  Pot is not the harmless drug its proponents claim.  It is addictive.  It does cause all the same health related risks as cigarette smoking.  It does cause personality disorders and memory loss.  All of this is documented.  But like any lobby the MJ lobby has their own "science" that dispels accepted scientific evidence.