Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history

[RainDog]

155. I noted that exact thing.

And also noted that convictions don't really indicate what's happening because convictions may depend upon lawyers, deals, etc...

Arrests provide a more accurate view of the status of cannabis at the level of law enforcement at this time. Law Enforcement in the U.S. goes after easy targets and boosts arrest records, rather than actually spending time and human resources dealing with crimes that the nation considers, you know, criminal - and not just because a law is on the books.

most people do not consider possession of marijuana worth the harassment that occurs in this nation.

as I also noted, the harassment from federal level law enforcement has targeted banks, public employees, landlords...

This has been a concerted effort across a variety of federal agencies, such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the IRS, the DEA and the DoJ.

While they may not have arrested many of those people, they have ruined their legally-operated businesses and have intimidated people who live in places in which its citizens have taken the only route they have, the vote, to change bad laws.

It seems to me that the San Francisco Democratic Party might not have spoken out about this issue if it wasn't a concern for their constituents.

When the Washington State legislature engages in an historic moment and tells Obama to reschedule so that the 16 states, plus DC who have voted to make medical marijuana legal may enact their laws - it seems to me that pointing to a decrease in convictions isn't really the issue, is it?