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

[RainDog]

53. Mitt Romney's position is worse

Romney won't even admit there is a medical value to marijuana.

The Attn. Gen. from Utah felt the same way until he had to undergo chemotherapy. He didn't use medical marijuana himself but, because he was in a situation in which he knew the suffering that others experienced, he is no longer against the use of medical marijuana for chemo patients - because he saw its value for others, even if he didn't use it himself. I suppose he didn't want to break federal laws since he was an Attn Gen - how sad, honestly, that he had to endure suffering to uphold bad laws.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/12/utah-attorney-general-shurtleff-approves-of-medical-marijuana-after-battling-cancer/

Americans don't have a choice, at the federal level, of politicians who will do the right thing. Our system is SO CORRUPT that, unlike in the prohibition era, Americans cannot compel elected representatives to change bad laws, even when a majority supports the change - when science and medicine support this change.

Americans are forced to do battle with federal level corruption and incompetency and change bad laws from the ground up.

Republicans are not going to change the law and they're not going to be swayed by any arguments to change the law because their constituency, more than any other in this nation, is opposed to changes in the drug laws.

So, Democrats are the best that we have on this issue - even if they're not good enough.