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In reply to the discussion: Senate Judiciary chair floats federal marijuana legalization [View all]TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)18. Yes, but the DEA could easily "grease the skids" as it were...
And Obama definitely has the power to exert significant pressure in that direction.
That said, congress SHOULD be looking at the issue. But they can only do so much without knowing the admin's current plan to address the growing number of states that are passing laws that directly conflict with federal law.
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has nothing to do with "president Obama" or any other president - a senator has a
msongs
Dec 2012
#8
There are two former Drug Czar bureaucrats working to get Sativex BUT NOT MJ legalized
RainDog
Dec 2012
#35
I don't understand the benefit of rescheduling, especially for non-medical users.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2012
#41
Law enforcers seem to want weed off their plates. I would guess that the Courts want the same
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#9
Show me any sitting police chief or sheriff who supports marijuana legalization.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2012
#40
There will be no lack of other things that could used to justify their funding
quakerboy
Dec 2012
#33
Sounds more like the Leahy I admired rather than the one who makes me spit nails
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#11
Here in Kentucky we still have some old hemp barns and a lot of old tobacco barns that
alfredo
Dec 2012
#26