[bhickey]

The OP made a series of inane statements. I pointed out the absurdity of just one of them. I gave the commentator the benefit of the doubt, which you have failed to do in your reply. If you think someone is trolling, downvote them. If you think their conduct is egregious, flag the post. Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you would prefer, I can reply at length. I thought doing so was unnecessary.

Matthew R. Davies ran a dispensary out of Stockton, CA. By all appearances his business complied with local and state laws. He relied on a pledges by the President and AG not to prosecute conduct that was in line with local and state laws. He's facing 40 years for cultivation of marijuana.

This is very bad for reasons that should be obvious.

[anondesign]

Heh. Should have specified the states I was referencing... I certainly didn't mean california. colorado and washington (off the top of my head) have been labeled by Obama as "will not prosecute", and although the confidence we can put in this statement is questionable, it has yet to be contradicted (to my knowledge, if I am wrong please let me know). This certainly isn't amazing, but it is a step in the right direction, along with most of the current weed legislation.

As far as the guidelines bit, sorry but... nothing you mentioned is in there. I felt the need to correct your comment and was annoyed. I didn't consider it off-topic, just useless and confusing to the uninformed. Have a nice day!