Here is an excellent overview of President Obama's contribution to the War on Drugs:
Bummer- Barack Obama turns out to be just another drug warrior.
This is a piece by Jacob Sullum in the libertarian magazine Reason. It is long, but well written and comprehensive. Read it all if you have time.
Money quote:
I expect this thread to be filled with examples of what Sterling says in the above quote: people who care about this issue, but rush to give the President a pass. When we stop seeing folks on a FUCKING POT GROWING WEBSITE so willing to lay down and take what they are given, maybe we will have a chance.
Bummer- Barack Obama turns out to be just another drug warrior.
This is a piece by Jacob Sullum in the libertarian magazine Reason. It is long, but well written and comprehensive. Read it all if you have time.
Money quote:
...while polls indicate that “medical marijuana is far more popular than Obama is,” Kampia observes, “very few voters vote on the medical marijuana issue.” If Obama “has not chosen to make the effort” required to impose a new policy on a resistant bureaucracy, Sterling adds, “part of the reason is that those who care have not made him pay a political price yet.”
I expect this thread to be filled with examples of what Sterling says in the above quote: people who care about this issue, but rush to give the President a pass. When we stop seeing folks on a FUCKING POT GROWING WEBSITE so willing to lay down and take what they are given, maybe we will have a chance.