Overkill in the war on pot

[RainDog]

5. This was a betrayal to part of the Democratic party's most faithful voters

Not just Matthew Davies. But, yes, Obama explicitly stated he was not going to interfere with states who wanted to be "laboratories for Democracy" in the matter of marijuana's legal status in the U.S.

Another thing Democrats should think about is that the majority of independents side with liberal Democrats, not social conservative Democrats, on this issue.

It also makes me sad to think that Obama would choose to be on the wrong side of history on this issue. Maybe his ideas will evolve, as they did on the issue of equal rights for homosexuals.

Maybe he should go talk to people who have medical problems that have shown improvement after they could legally obtain cannabis for treatment.