Pot groups hope Oregon race sends feds a message
By JONATHAN J. COOPERBy JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press?
?File - In this April 27, 2012, file photo shows protesters gathering outside the Portalnd City Club during the attorney general candidate's debate between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this April 27, 2012, file photo shows protesters gathering outside the Portalnd City Club during the attorney general candidate's debate between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this April 27, 2012, file photo shows a protester outside the Portalnd City Club during the attorney general candidate's debate between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this May 5, 2011, shows a unidentified man smoking medical marijuana during karaoke night at the Cannabis Caf?, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this April 27, 2012, file photo shows protesters gathering outside the Portland City Club during the attorney general candidate's debate between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this Oct. 20, 2009, file photo, shows a bud of medical marijuana, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don?t mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administration?s crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nation?s largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregon?s medical marijuana law a ?train wreck? and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.
One of the nation's largest drug policy groups is claiming credit after a former federal prosecutor was defeated in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. He had been the early favorite to win.
As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton oversaw efforts to crack down on medical marijuana clubs. Federal prosecutors have led similar crackdowns in other states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal use.
Retired judge Ellen Rosenblum easily defeated Holton after saying she'd make marijuana enforcement a low priority.
She had the help of the Drug Policy Alliance and its allies, which chipped in at least a quarter of Rosenblum's total campaign cash.
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