Examining the Obama Marijuana Position
What Makes You Think Obama Will Legalize Marijuana?
January 2004 - Will Obama Legalize Marijuana?
A YouTube recording shows a younger Barack Obama discussing the failure of the war on drugs. He suggests that he is in favor of decriminalizing marijuana; however, he does not want to legalize it. What is the happy middle ground?
July 2008 -- Obama Marijuana Take against a Failed War on Drugs
In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, then-candidate Obama mentions a pattern change when it comes to combating drug use. He determines that moving the issue into the public health arena - much like smoking tobacco or using a seat belt - rather than letting the legal system deal with it is bound to have the best results.
December 2008 - Voters Want to Know: Will Obama Legalize Marijuana?
With his groundbreaking use of the Internet to connect with voters, the Obama campaign took a question posted on their website. It dealt with the legalization of marijuana for the sake of taxing and properly regulating it. The unequivocal response was that then president-elect Barack Obama was against legalizing marijuana.
March 2009 - Obama Online Town Hall Meeting Once Against Brings Up the Obama Marijuana Stance
There is nothing new on the western front, and no matter how many times Barack Obama is asked whether or not he will legalize marijuana, the answer is a consistent no. It is interesting to note that the specific Obama online town hall meeting question dealing with pot is - at least according to CNN - virtually identical to the one asked on the Change.gov site toward the end of last year.
Is the Democratic Party Divided when it comes to Legalizing Pot?
San Francisco, California democrat Tom Ammiano has come forward with a controversial Marijuana Bill that proposes to legalize cannabis while also imposing a cannabis tax. Public sentiment is divided about the legalization of the drug, although more and more voters appear to be in favor of it as this point.
This stands in sharp contrast to the president's position on the issue, and has more than just a few of those in favor of legalizing marijuana wondering just where the change is.
Sources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQr9ezr8UeA; http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/21472234/a_conversation_with_barack_obama/print; http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/open_for_questions_round_2_response/; http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/26/obama-marijuana-is-not-a-good-strategy-to-spur-economy/; http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1510881/california_marijuana_bill_proposes.html
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15 Comments
Post a Commenti love weed. it helps with my anger issues..
Good article and I am a strong believer that it should be legalized. Just because its a supposed gateway drug is ludicrous and in all honesty if they made Alcohol and Tobacco Illegal and legalized Pot well now we would be going down the right road. Then again when does our government do the right thing :(
i CAN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSED MINDED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE. iF THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE LEGALIZATION OF MARAJUANA ONLY KNEW HOW MANY DID SMOKE IT AND HOW MUCH REVENUE IT WOULD CREATE MAYBE THEY THINK TWICE ABOUT THE SUBJERCT, MY PARENTS RAISED ME TO NOT" JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER" BUT TO READ IT FIRST, SO BEFORE YOU CLASSIFY ME AS A CRIMINAL FOR SMOKING IT AND INCARSERATING ME FOR IT. MAYBE THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE IT SHOULD TRY SMOKING IT INSTEAD OF BROWNING THEIR SORROWS WITH THE #1 DRUG THAT KILLS MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR ON OUR NATIONS HIGHWAYS THAN ANYTHING , "ALCOHOL". GET A CLUE AMERICA WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.
Every Presidential Commission has recommended decriminalizing Marijuana because the harm imposed by the laws was worse than any harm caused by a Marijuana user.
There is not any scientific study that shows permanent harm from Marijuana past emphazima and that is not life threatening. As a matter of fact Dr. Donald Tashkin has published his report which showed Marijuana only smokers had a lower incident if lung cancer than non smokers. It wasn't a statistically significant difference so he couldn't say it prevented cancer, recent studies have shown it does seem to have a negative effect on cancer cells. The research is there.
For a Doctor to oppose use of Marijuana shows a total lack of knowledge. Prescription drugs are the drug problem, they kill people.
Most of the time people forget the saving to the courts, and there isn't anything that costs us more money by the hour in my opinion. When they did the research in Massachusetts the saving in police cost was around $29mil, when th
It should be decriminalized in the same way that alcohol was decriminalized, except that it shouldn't be advertised as alcohol is. (Alcohol shouldn't be advertised that way either.) This would reduce the problems with organized crime getting rich off our prohibition of cannabis.
Very controversial, great breakdown! I am one that is stuck in the middle, not knowing really what to say. There are good points on each side, and bad points on each side. I guess only time will tell what will happen and which way the debate will go. :)
Let's not kid ourselves that pot is totaly benign and harmless. It was a reat detriment to me when I smoked it, which is why I stopped, years ago. On the other hand it is absolutely obscene to throw someone in jail for smoking the stuff.
Weed should be legal and taxed. Would it help our economy ? without a doubt YES. Pot IS a medicine and no one on earth could convince me otherwise. There are so many conditions and diseases that it helps relieve pain I couldn't list them all.
The only argument I've ever heard was that it is a "gateway" drug. Try reefer and you automatically move up the drug ladder. Truth is ... the people that will do that will do it regardless if pot is legal or not.
I've NEVER heard beer referred to as the "gateway" drink and take a look around... it is.I've never ever seen or heard of anyone beating their kids or wife because they were stoned. Maybe an argument over who gets the last donut but not much more.
Great information, thanks.
I am sufferer of something called iatrogenesis- meaning, doctor caused or doctor produced illness. I will never get better, my life has changed drastically from making a decision that I was not properly informed about.. I use medical marijuana so that can deal with the mental and physical side effects of Iatrogenesis. I could have other prescriptions for my ailments but the side effects from them are terrible. I also cannot understand why they will legalize nicotine which is labled as atype 10 drug, or alcohol in a bar and put a person behind a vehicle legally????? what is wrong with our government? Caffine is a type 1 drug just as marijuana. what isn't illegal? I want to address another issue, My family of four has paid over 70,000 dollars in taxes in the last 10 years. I want to know where my bail-out is? Legalizing would not only stimulate the economy, but it would also bring new businesses, and or our jails would not be full of nonviolent offeners. I do not want to pay taxes to kee