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In reply to the discussion: TIME Magazine: What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana? [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)25. Because they are "stakeholders", silly..
They have a huge stake in cannabis remaining illegal so they are by definition stakeholders.
Don't you remember during the health care negotiations how the pharma companies and the insurance companies and the hospital companies all got places at the negotiations because they were stakeholders?
People advocating single payer? They were arrested.
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TIME Magazine: What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana? [View all]
Poll_Blind
May 2012
OP
Let me know when he does an EO removing the MJ off Schedule I as it should be.
anti-alec
May 2012
#1
Follow the money. I no longer believe much of anything he says. No reason to.
SammyWinstonJack
May 2012
#41
I was adding two industries (alcohol & tobacco) to the reference about pharmaceutical industry
duhneece
May 2012
#23
My sentiments exactly. Leave all hotbutton issues for his next term, if he wins in Nov.
demosincebirth
May 2012
#7
the majority of Americans favor decriminalization, legalization, rescheduling, whatever....
mike_c
May 2012
#11
The majority of American support legal mmj - so it looks bad for Obama to do what he's doing
RainDog
May 2012
#37
I hope the dam is beginning to crack in regards to federal level Democrats coming out.
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#39
They may be in the minority in the country, but there are a lot of them in Congress
nxylas
May 2012
#42
I find Obama's stance on MJ just as despicable as I did Bush's. It is one of
kestrel91316
May 2012
#21