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The Jan. 22 raid near the California-Nevada border occurred two days after Obama took office and before the new president’s own Justice Department team was in place. The raid resembled many conducted during the Bush administration, but seemingly clashed with Obama’s campaign opposition to such tactics. “I think the basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors (is) entirely appropriate,” Obama told Oregon’s Mail Tribune newspaper in March. “I’m not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue.” – McClatchy news report