After public outrage forced Colorado lawmakers to [link|http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6267|postpone a vote] on a bill that aimed to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a group of legislators have responded by asking the Feds to back off.
 
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, a bipartisan group of two state senators and two representatives called for an end to medical marijuana raids by the DEA.
 
The DEA is already responsible for three Colorado raids this year alone – two of which [link|http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/02/another_dea_lab_application...|focused on laboratories] that conducted tests to determine the potency of medical marijuana.
 
According to the letter, which was also sent to President Obama, “These raids discourage dispensary operators, caregivers, growers and patients from providing testimony or recommendations to state lawmakers, hampering our ability to develop a workable and realistic regulatory arrangement for medial marijuana.”
 
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