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In reply to the discussion: Obama really could magically make the medical marijuana issue disappear... [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)50. Wow. You are really uninformed about this issue
it's laughable that you are trying to defend your position.
go read up on the way in which medical marijuana became legal at the state level, first in CA in the 1990s, and how that whole campaign has spread across the United States in every state that allows initiatives on the ballot - and in states where people have been able to elect persons who are willing to bring bills to the legislature in their states.
You're simply being willfully ignorant to pretend that the millions of people who have voted for laws, those who have worked at the grassroots level on this issue across the nation do not indicate a demand.
You have no argument to make here.
Reality indicates your argument has no merit.
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Obama really could magically make the medical marijuana issue disappear... [View all]
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The DEA was created "by fiat" Executive Order in 1973, by your reasoning it could be rescinded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