Obama Lies to Jake Tapper About His Ability to Reschedule Marijuana

[RainDog]

51. If you read the pdf

you'd see that the lawyers talk about the coca leaf exception for Bolivia. A special exception to the Single Convention was made for the indigenous people of Bolivia to chew coca leaves (which, when processed, become cocaine.)

Since marijuana is a plant, not a synthesized or processed plant, it would fall under that same exception - if the law wanted to be consistent. It could well be argued that marijuana is part of American cultural life and, in fact, it has been argued that marijuana and the invention of jazz are inseparable.

So, the reality is that it is not cut and dried that law as it exists is set in stone for the AG.

Also, as I note, nations have already decided to ignore the Single Convention in relation to marijuana. Therefore, a precedent exists for nations to interpret the Single Convention as they choose - and many nations choose to interpret the Single Convention as something applicable to trafficking but not use.

As far as Obama goes - he actually said he wants Congress to address this by going through the process that is traditionally part of their job.

However, with a teabagger House, any reasonable person could determine that Congress is incapable of performing this function because they lack the intelligence to apply the law in a reasonable manner.