Posted on 04/28/2012 4:44:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Back when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama said that he supported the basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs and that he was not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws.
Four years later, the raids on drug dispensaries have kept up, despite a Justice Department memo formalizing low-enforcement priority instructions from Attorney General Eric Holder.
Obama never said anything about supporting legalization or decriminalization, but his medical marijuana statements were enough to get him heralded by some in the larger pro-pot community as the best hope for chipping away at the decades-long drug war.
But the hopes that Obama would be a kinder, gentler, more tolerant drug warrior as president have gone up in smoke.
“I’m very disappointed,” said Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a longtime supporter of marijuana legalization and medical marijuana. “They look more like the Bush administration than the Clinton administration.”
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Well since when did “The One” ever keep his word?
If drugs are legal, Mexico doesn't need to bribe you...Duh!
Obama a warrior? LOL
He has to wash the yellow stripe off his back first. Golf warrior, vacation warrior sounds about right.
Communist governments are harder on drugs than anyone else.
The thrill lessens when one does what is legal - he can always get his regardless of it being illegal - that gives him “status”.
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