Order rescheduling hearings for marijuana on day one.
No deals need to be made. No "political coin" needs to be spent.
President Obama can issue an order than would have to be obeyed.
No time needs to be wasted. In just a few seconds he can change the entire policy.
Stop the DEA raids now!
The federal CSA requires that a substance have no accepted use in medical treatment in the United States to be within schedule 1. That is where marijuana is located. Along with heroin.
In 2006 the supreme court ruled that, within the CSA, the word "accepted" means accepted by the people or legislature. Further that if one single area "accepts" something, medically, than it is accepted within the United States.
Further in that same 2006 case the US supreme court ruled that law enforcement did NOT have the right to define "accepted."
In 1996 the people of California accepted marijuana for medical treatment. CA is within the US.
Currently federal marijuana policies violate the federal controlled substance act.
There is no currently valid federal law against marijuana.
Most state laws automatically reflect the federal law. That makes most state laws invalid.
What is being enforced is a policy of whim and not law.
End it on day one!
Storm Crow said:Hopp, even if there is a just a slim chance that the word will get through, it's better than what we've had under bush. I'll go with "slim chance" over "absolutely no way in freaking Hell", any day! Keep writing and keep hoping! And if he doesn't notice, it ain't OUR fault!
Granny
the second:Order rescheduling hearings for marijuana on day one.
Order rescheduling hearings for marijuana on day one.
I am a medically documented case of reversal of diabetes via cannabinoids.
Here are my blood test results:
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=2007358&postcount=15
Submitted here:We need jobs in the mid-west.
If I take care of five patients by growing twelve plants for each, that's a modest paying full time job.
Then I only have to worry about federal law enforcement.
End it on day one PLEASE!
I got the same e-mail. Soon they will start to tabulate the "other" issues.zingablack said:hey guys just sent mine out, but check this out. i just got these emails from the change wesite.
Dear person,
62 days. That's how much time we have left to prepare for the Obama-Biden Administration that will bring the change Americans demanded so strongly in this past election.
President-elect Obama has set a high bar for the Transition team: to execute the most efficient, organized, and transparent transfer of power in American history. As a co-Chair for the Transition, I want to tell you about a few steps we've already taken to achieve this goal.
First, we adopted the strictest ethics guidelines ever applied to any transition team. President-elect Obama pledged to change the way Washington works, and that begins with shifting influence away from special interests and restoring it to the everyday Americans who are passionate about fixing the problems facing our country.
Opening up the Transition means listening to your ideas and stories and providing a window into how the process works.
To give you a look at how we're approaching some of the nation's most pressing issues, we filmed this meeting of our Energy and Environment Policy Transition Team and interviewed team member Heather Zichal.
Watch the video and submit your ideas on energy and the environment:
President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden have set an ambitious agenda, and we are going to make Change.gov a source of information, as well as a place to participate in the decisions being made about your government.
Since the decisions we're making affect all Americans, we're counting on citizens from every walk of life to get involved. You can help us right now by making sure your friends and neighbors know about Change.gov and give their input, too.
We're continuing to develop new ways to open up the process, and we'll keep you posted along the way.
Thanks,
John
John Podesta
Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team
whatta think.
My message for tomorrow:zingablack said:hey guys what do you think the realistic expectations of this change website are. after the response i got i get the feeling it wont make much difference in the running of this business oops i mean country.
Someone should take notice.Clearly there is a momentum built up and running on the issue.
Obama will lose his reelection in '12 if he ignores us.
Period.
Taking action doesn't make it guaranteed. Not taking action will absolutely cause him to lose office.
Ignore the voters on the issue .. the republicans did just that.
Even more, the republicans made a public statement against the majority of the voters.
Here is a way to trim a few billion out of the federal budget with the backing of the majority of the people.
End the war. Set the marijuana pow's free. End the criminal trials based on laws that the majority of Americans are against.
You are about to set potential terrorists free from gitmo. How about the thousands of US marijuana pow's right here in the United States?
Is having a plant worse than being a terrorist?
Clean out space in federal, state and local jails and prisons. Ease budget problems for states at the same time.
Clean off space in courtroom dockets and free up probation and parole manpower. Ease legal system overcrowding for the entire nation at every level.
And do it all with one single order.
All this would only take you a few seconds and very little effort. Only your signature. And I'm sure that thousands of lawyers across the nation would gladly draft the order for you. Some, perhaps, would even do it free of charge.
There is no reason to continue wasting government resources this way, given our current economic situation.
Order rescheduling hearings for marijuana on day one.
Get'er done on day one.