Release all the pot smokers and lock up a bunch of crooked republicans in their place.

And it was not sold to children.

IMO that is why Obama is being very careful with these.

him to also pardon Don. we all know he was railroaded for political reasons.

Including not just the people presently incarcerated over Drug War bullshit, but all of those who have been released and still carry around the economic and social burdens of having an arrest and conviction on the record.

A single symbolic act is not enough. Everyone who has suffered under the tyranny of the drug war ought to be pardoned and exonerated. I see no Constitutional limit to the power of the pardon which would prevent this.

Obama's pardon power only applies to people in federal prison.

But I don't believe growing one plant on your balcony or thousands (assuming you're not destroying public lands and/or threatening people) should be a crime.

when he first took office.

He hasn't done enough to rescue people jailed for decades due to the 'war on drugs' and states that have horrible oppressive 3 strikes laws and mandatory sentence laws.

I want Obama to get focus off republican distractions and free Americans from the 'for profit' jail systems the republicans put in place during their bush-glory years.

Now he needs to pardon Don Siegelman.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/obama-pardon-don-siegelman

I do believe in full legalization and pardon of all marijuana crimes. But I love seeing progress made on this front in any form. Thank you Mr. President for selecting a marijuana crime to pardon. The only victim in this "crime" was the plants being destroyed instead of being used for medicine.

to be considered by a Democratic president.