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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history [View all]
To put Obamas implosion in perspective, consider what Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) wrote in his 2010 book Fed Up!: When the federal government oversteps its authority, states should tell Washington they will not be complicit in enforcing laws with which they do not agree. Again, the best example is an issue I dont even agree with the partial legalization of marijuana. Californians clearly want some level of legalized marijuana, be it for medicinal use or otherwise. The federal government is telling them they cannot. But states are not bound to enforce federal law, and the federal government cannot commandeer state resources and require them to enforce it.
Perry also wrote, If you dont support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol, dont come to Texas. If you dont like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, dont move to California.
The five presidents from Richard Nixon through George H.W. Bush allowed medical marijuana research to proceed unhindered.
The three presidents from Jimmy Carter to George H.W. Bush allowed patients to apply to the federal government for waivers to use medical marijuana legally under federal law.
Obama appears to be to the right of Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Ronald Reagan and even George W. Bush on this issue. Its hard to imagine how this helps Obama politically, and its easy to imagine how forcing patients to purchase their medicine from an illicit provider instead of a regulated business hurts people who are suffering from cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/06/opinion/what-made-obama-attack-medical-marijuana/
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Perry also wrote, If you dont support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol, dont come to Texas. If you dont like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, dont move to California.
The five presidents from Richard Nixon through George H.W. Bush allowed medical marijuana research to proceed unhindered.
The three presidents from Jimmy Carter to George H.W. Bush allowed patients to apply to the federal government for waivers to use medical marijuana legally under federal law.
Obama appears to be to the right of Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Ronald Reagan and even George W. Bush on this issue. Its hard to imagine how this helps Obama politically, and its easy to imagine how forcing patients to purchase their medicine from an illicit provider instead of a regulated business hurts people who are suffering from cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/06/opinion/what-made-obama-attack-medical-marijuana/
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Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history [View all]
pscot
May 2012
OP
So how do you explain the fact that there is legislation that allows Holder to
truedelphi
May 2012
#77
i agree with you and it is baffling. California residents have fought a long hard battle
xiamiam
May 2012
#191
It is politics pure and simple...he will be crucified if he supports marijuana use in any form...
rfranklin
May 2012
#78
You are saying it is prudent to trade 3 Democratic votes to get one conservative to vote for him?
Dragonfli
May 2012
#88
Sometimes the DEA just comes in, and steals all your meds, cash, computers and then leaves.
Webster Green
May 2012
#25
I wonder if they're targeting particular dispensaries just to allow favored people to gain
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#95
If that were the case, wouldn't they be going after all the MMJ dispensaries
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#104
Show me a map of all the dispensaries in Riverside or San Bernadino or the Central Valley....
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#56
Well, I have to eat some crow. There are indeed dispensaries in Riverside.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#116
Not California, but Colorado could be interesting, and maybe New Hampshire
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#52
Yes on Amendment 64, and then prepare to sue the U.S. Government for failing to follow the 10th
fuddyduddy
May 2012
#82
2009 was the year marijuana arrests accounted for the majority of drug arrests
RainDog
May 2012
#128
Prosense, are you actually claiming the Obama administration is NOT increasing Medical....
Logical
May 2012
#11
Dispensaries are being shut down , and patients are being denied their meds.
Webster Green
May 2012
#30
Obama deserves credit for supporting reducing the crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity...
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#47
Obama is more anti-medical-marijuana than any other president has been anti-illegal-drugs
saras
May 2012
#17
Prosense, are you saying the OBAMA admin is NOT increasing attacks on Medical Marijuana?? YES/NO?
Logical
May 2012
#22
I'm in Sonoma County. Who am I going to believe, ProSense or my lying eyes?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#101
President O and the DOJ aren't going after Medical Marijuana users........
TheDebbieDee
May 2012
#41
Why would the local officials ask for some of them to be shut down without filing charges?
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#168
Do a Google search about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and cannabis.
Webster Green
May 2012
#59
Yes, considering Obama is the most hostile President to marijuana usage born in this country.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#64
As a grower of marijuana, no doubt he would be aghast at Prohibition.
kenny blankenship
May 2012
#96
What proof is there that he grew up and that he used it for medicinal purposes?
treestar
May 2012
#143
We should have a system that doesn't hold science and medicine hostage to prejudice
RainDog
May 2012
#175
actually, hemp was one of the major crops in the U.S. for more of our history than not
RainDog
May 2012
#146
Your attempt to make the term "pot users" some sort of pejorative is just plain sad
Tsiyu
May 2012
#167