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Showing Original Post only (View all)Barack Obama has a weed problem [View all]
After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He JailedBarack Obama has a weed problem. Not just that hes admitted using it. He said clearly when campaigning for president in 2008 that he approved of medical marijuana.
Yet his Attorney General, Eric Holder and his Department of Justice went on to launch punitive campaigns against legitimate marijuana businesses operating within state law. It isnt even clear these raids and arrests were constitutional, since no interstate commerce was involved.
He has averaged 36 medical marijuana prosecutions a year since taking office in 2009, whereas even W. only averaged 20 a year. Most egregious are that many of these cases were brought against persons who needed the drug to ameliorate painful medical conditions.
Now Obama comes out and says pot is no worse than alcohol. So was he not in control of Holder and the Department of Justice? Was he seeking campaign money from Seagrams and Big Pharma, who are afraid of competition from marijuana? What explains this massive hypocrisy and willingness to ruin peoples lives to enforce a prohibition he doesnt agree with?
Doesnt he have a duty to pardon the 154 people he has prosecuted in contravention of his campaign pledge and in contravention of state laws?
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/after_defending_pot_obama_has_to_pardon_medical_marijuana_growers_20142001
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He has employed that power and told the feds to back off in state where it is legal.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2014
#49
I'd say the federal governments deal with the Sinaloa cartel is a bigger problem...
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2014
#19
He's helping us legalize cannabis by arresting legal purveyors of cannabis.
progressoid
Jan 2014
#28
He has done no such thing. He has prevented progress with the his AG's actions. nt
TeamPooka
Jan 2014
#53
Weed Bowl 2014 (WA vs. CO) is a humorous opportunity to keep this issue on the front... burner.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2014
#43
Don't you know job #1 for Democrats is to prove to the beltway they're as good as Republicans?
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#64
it's what happens when your position changes with the direction of popular opinion
Skittles
Jan 2014
#60