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Obama's Pot Problem
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, will the president continue the governments war on weed?
By Tim Dickinson Dec 7, 2012 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-pot-problem-20121207
When voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana in November, they thought they were declaring a cease-fire in the War on Drugs. Thanks to ballot initiatives that passed by wide margins on Election Day, adults 21 or older in both states can now legally possess up to an ounce of marijuana. The new laws also compel Colorado and Washington to license private businesses to cultivate and sell pot, and to levy taxes on the proceeds. Together, the two states expect to reap some $600 million annually in marijuana revenues for schools, roads and other projects. The only losers, in fact, will be the Mexican drug lords, who currently supply as much as two-thirds of America's pot.
Drug reformers can scarcely believe their landslide victories at the polls. "People expected this day would come, but most didn't expect it to come this soon," says Norm Stamper, a former Seattle police chief who campaigned for legalization. "This is the beginning of the end of prohibition."
But the war over pot may be far from over. Legalization has set Colorado and Washington on a collision course with the Obama administration, which has shown no sign of backing down on its full-scale assault on pot growers and distributors ...........
Drug reformers can scarcely believe their landslide victories at the polls. "People expected this day would come, but most didn't expect it to come this soon," says Norm Stamper, a former Seattle police chief who campaigned for legalization. "This is the beginning of the end of prohibition."
But the war over pot may be far from over. Legalization has set Colorado and Washington on a collision course with the Obama administration, which has shown no sign of backing down on its full-scale assault on pot growers and distributors ...........
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Coyotl
Nov 2013
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)1. We better start growing more! But what I want to know is:
Who's smoking all that nasty Mexican brick weed?
I live in Northern California, and I can't recall the last time I even saw that stuff.
I pity whoever has to smoke that crap. Sorry, red staters.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)2. America is bleeding a lot of good cash every day The War continues.
The money doesn't really go up in smoke. It should at least go to honest, hard-working organic farmers and skilled manicurists and vendors in the USA.
Why isn't shooting yourself in the foot a national security issue? Who's really stoned around here?
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)3. it has even turned up in medical mj dispensaries
in California