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June 9, 2008, story in the Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that local police and federal agents are telling the local citizens that federal agents do not have to obey state medical marijuana laws. According to
Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), the states, and not the federal government, have the authority under the federal drug law to determine accepted medical practice. Both the local police and the federal agents are acting like criminals. The question is whether the local citizens will keep complaining to elected officials or take the matter to court.