Obama really could magically make the medical marijuana issue disappear...

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20. This Has To Be Corrected By Legislative...

Once again all the problems in the world can be done away with via an Executive Order. It's always intoxicating when it's your guy or party in power. It's even more inviting when your faced with an obstinate and obstructionist legislative, just sign an order and the Constitution be damned...agendas must be served. The irony is some who want President Obama to rule by fiat would be aghast when Executive orders were flying right and left by the previous regime.

Just as we're seeing with the change in attitudes and laws about gay marriage, the same is occuring with marijuana. The states are getting bolder and bolder with decriminalization laws but the federal hasn't caught wind. A lot has had to do with the lobbying pressures of a variety of interest groups from big pharma to the liquor industry that trumps opinion polls and will continue to do so until pro MMJ and decriminalization groups get their acts together and help elect more legislators who favor their cause. Time is the avenger here as the "reefer madness" generation passes from the political scene.

As others have pointed out...right now it's a liability to make this an issue that the rushpublicans would love to distort. It makes a perfect distraction for them from having to present their own real proposals. The time is now for groups like NORML to up the political ante and help win elections on the legislative level that would make passing laws a lot easier and no need for an executive order. Also what can be ordered can be recinded...