Barack Obama on Medical Marijuana
Barack Obama has since switched his position on marijuana after getting elected. It should be noted that during the campaign Obama’s website Change.Gov ran an online question system which worked similarly to Digg.Com where anyone could pose a question and visitors to the site would then vote up the posts which they found the most pertinent. Overwhelmingly the legalization of marijuana and ending the drug war were both in the top ten (with legalizing marijuana being the top question submitted). Obama previously stated that he favored decriminalizing marijuana but now wants to play politics. In the video above you can notice where he sayds “we don’t want people setting up mom and pop shops because that will make it difficult to regulate” well, here’s the newsflash, there are already loads of mom and pop shops selling marijuana. it’s called California. So now, the only way to “regulate” it would be to legalize it and put in the necessary provisions which would assure the supply is safe (we currently have these for alcohol and tobacco) Obama now must decide if he will continue to use the DEA and the arm of the federal government to persecute those who are openly abiding by state laws.
