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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (188306)	5/5/2012 1:26:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541735

Good. While I like Obama, this anti-drug thing is stupid. I know he thinks the right will attack him on this, and even the freaking libertarians who want the Mitten would- you know how hypocritical they can be (even though they all know drugs should be legal for adults), but despite the wingnut-bagger baggage, and the hypocritical right wing libertarians, and the reaming he'd likely get, the drug thing needs to go away. It's a waste of money. Can you imagine how The Mitten will treat this? Mormons don't even use caffeine. I can't imagine things will get "better" with The Mitten in charge.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (188306)	5/5/2012 3:17:51 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 541735

youtube.com ( has anybody gotten the youtube embed feature to work on the lame SI editor? ) A little more seriously, we have this in the week's Time magazine: What Is President Obama's Problem with Medical Marijuana? Read more: time.com This article isn't particularly revelatory or convincing, so I will only post a tiny bit: “The problem is that we have a drug policy that is broken,” San Francisco’s District Attorney George Garcón told me. “As a country we are being almost bipolar when it comes to drug policy.” A former San Francisco Chief of Police, Garcón is critical of the recent crackdown by the Department of Justice, which he says will make it harder for local officials to do their job. But he also sees no real hope for resolving the conflict until state and federal politicians come together to deal with the conflicting laws. “You can’t resolve this under the current legislative scheme,” he told me. “What this really screams for a cohesive national policy.” Read more: swampland.time.com I think our drug laws are stupid and marijuana is harmless to helpful in the general scheme of things, but I can understand Obama being hesitant to take it on frontally- what's the point when the Republicans would never let any legislation pass and would pillory him relentlessly for the attempt? Still, a little benign neglect would seem easy enough to manage. Oh well.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (188306)	5/5/2012 5:01:24 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541735

Pelosi condemns Obama administration for Calif. medical marijuana crackdowns This is one of my greatest disappointments in Obama. I don't understand what could possibly have turned this into a priority for them, nor what problem they believe they are solving. I'm going to write to Obama again about this, as well as to both of my Senators and my Representative in Congress.