Back when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama insisted that medical marijuana was an issue best left to state and local governments. "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue," he vowed, promising an end to the Bush administration's high-profile raids on providers of medical pot, which is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia.
But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multiagency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. The feds are busting growers who operate in full compliance with state laws, vowing to seize the property of anyone who dares to even rent to legal pot dispensaries, and threatening to imprison state employees responsible for regulating medical marijuana. With more than 100 raids on pot dispensaries during his first three years, Obama is now on pace to exceed Bush's record for medical-marijuana busts. "There's no question that Obama's the worst president on medical marijuana," says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "He's gone from first to worst."
Friday, February 17, 2012
Why does Rolling Stone want Romney to win?
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Look, Obama, like Bush, is enforcing the law. If people want this to change, the law should be changed. You can't depend on the executive not enforcing the law.
Also, not sure how this gets Romney to win. Did he come out for medical pot or something? Seems like this would be one of those "no difference" issues between the two parties, and maybe that's why Obama is doing it - you can't be soft on drugs now can you?
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