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In reply to the discussion: Obama really could magically make the medical marijuana issue disappear... [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)2. This issue is not about pharma or insurance, but about perception.
It will take a second term Democrat, with a majority to make marijuana laws equitable to the laws in regard to alcohol. I don't know when that will happen, but the other stuff is just a sideshow on the way.
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nashville_brook
May 2012
OP
Exactly. No one is touching this in their first term. Especially with high unemployment.
FarLeftFist
May 2012
#4
No, the tide is already turning. The prudes will die off soon and this issue will resolve itself
FarLeftFist
May 2012
#36
totally agree with you on this -- also there's no putting the toothpaste back in the tube
nashville_brook
May 2012
#63
Really, you don't see how legal marijuana would effect the profits of all those I listed????
Lionessa
May 2012
#7
That's not an acceptable answer re gay rights and it's not an acceptable answer for this one
Occulus
May 2012
#24
we'd all be surprised to see it b/c we've been conditioned to believe nothing can be done
nashville_brook
May 2012
#75
Arguments like this make me laugh. Remember DADT and the way President Obama's
cherokeeprogressive
May 2012
#16
it's a "freedom" issue for them. it's one of the attractions of Ron Paul for many
nashville_brook
May 2012
#83
The DEA was created "by fiat" Executive Order in 1973, by your reasoning it could be rescinded
nashville_brook
May 2012
#21
Congress gave the president authority to reschedule controlled substances
nashville_brook
May 2012
#31
yes, imagine the headlines: "Administrative action ends decades-long drug war"
nashville_brook
May 2012
#37
FOX is not the only news. And, there's nothing the Dems can or SHOULD do to court them.
nashville_brook
May 2012
#57
Except that it isn't. Drug scheduling is up to the AG. So is much of enforcement.
DirkGently
May 2012
#34
100% correct, yet the administration speaks out of both sides of its mouth on this issue.
prefunk
May 2012
#39
He could, but he needs money from special interests that like the prison state.
Dragonfli
May 2012
#52
You don't think we are responsible for the politicians we work hard to elect?
Dragonfli
May 2012
#59
you're ignoring the realities of being a citizen with interests beyond the personalities we elect...
nashville_brook
May 2012
#60
You'd think that would be axiomatic. But the allure of simplicity is strong.
DirkGently
May 2012
#61
Some dark, cloudy day I'm going to read something you wrote that I can really argue against.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#79
i love this new smear -- that any policy critique makes one a "single-issue voter."
nashville_brook
May 2012
#82