Obama administration loosens guidelines on marijuana prosecution

Ok, now I agree with giving him a nobel prize

I am not pro or against drugs, I am for the freedom to make your own choices. Thank you Obama for at least stopping these waste of time and money federal raids. I think its a great idea to let the states decide something like this. There are several counties in the USA that are DRY counties and they choose it that way. I think that's how weed should work. Its obvious we have states that are more liberal and less liberal. So not all state laws should be the same fore everywhere. As for Japan... well. Not to many people really care. but their are legal alternatives out there that some how have gone under the radar. Spice is one that I have actually seen in stores In Tokyo and Osaka.

I will be surprised if this becomes an issue.

Bush was dead against this, but I think this latest move is much more humane. Marijuana is a proven pain killer, in particular for terminally ill patients, and if it makes the end easier for them, what is really wrong with that?

Another good move on Obama's part.

Bush was dead against this, but I think this latest move is much more humane. Marijuana is a proven pain killer, in particular for terminally ill patients, and if it makes the end easier for them, what is really wrong with that?" Holy cow..... we agree on something. Hellhound, there you go!

This is isn't going to change anything. The new Obama guideline make it clear that Federal agents will go after people whose distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes. The marijuana storefronts in California in clinic largely operate in violation of State law. LA County's top prosecutor said today that he would target stores who are profiting and selling to people who don't qualify for medicinal marijuana. That is pretty much most of the 800 marijuana "dispensaries" operating in just LA County alone.

The perfect drug Marijuana business,gets more free.

Drug cartels may change with US's Marijuana new policies.

-Al Gore must be so happy. Plus we are adding the CO2 to the atmosphere for the plants to grow.

Typical Lib crazy laws though. These drug dens should be made non-profit with an open book policy. Plus the growers should be licensed or certified/listed.

I can only assume heroin and cocaine are next.

I can only assume heroin and cocaine are next.

Another confidently pontificated but fallacious argument touted.

Typical Lib crazy laws though.

As I write this from a Coffee Shop in Maastricht today, I can see and smell weed being smoked in a modern, liberal democracy that works. It has zero tolerance for hard drugs, has a lower level of violence on all stratas of society, genuine gender equality and a high level of education, resulting from a lower level of dropouts.

Give me those crazy Lib laws anyday, instead of the Moral Majority, which, as we have clearly seen, is neither. Although I'm not Dutch, I always like to visit, and I think the Yew Ess of Aay could certainly learn from this little country.

At least now we KNOW what they are smoking in the White House...

When will medical marijuana be made available for foreigners in Japan.lol.

One (very) small step towards sanity.

Alas the power of the 'puritan' cult is still strong in the USA ... not to mention the power of the alcohol industries, the drug-testing industry, police and prosecutor lobbies, the for-profit prison industry, the 'drug-war' supply industries ............

This is one 'war' that has caused ten times more problems, on many levels, than what it proposes to fight against. That it has continued for so long is proof that there is big money in oppression.

Well he has California, Florida and maybe Texas in the next election. That is it for the Republicans 2012.

Takes the wind out of "states' rights" Republicans. The soothing herbal wind.

"That is it for the Republicans ( in ) 2012."

Game over!

Obamarijuana: Now thats healthcare.

"Obamamarijuana"

And the Republicans are powerless to stop his re-election.

@Sarge

Game over!

Yes, the Republicans are over! I am glad we can agree.

"a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations"

Just like federal laws and regulations.

One more small step towards me being able to invest in a pot farm. I can smell the returns now, vaguely reminiscent of brownies.

COOL! Know maybe I don't have to worry about old hippie teachers, teaching my kids now when they are stoned.

Good, maybe we will get to where Canada is, pot's not quite legal but everyone looks the other way. Mary Jane is the least harmful of recreational drugs and the money spent on prosecuting college kids is a huge waste. That's to say nothing of the prosecution or maybe persecution of medical dispenceries. One step at a time we'll end the war on drugs we've been losing since Reagon was in power.

sarge: I think I smell a libertarian streak. I agree the big problem is the tangle of regulations. This should have come from the republicans as they supposedly value state's rights but thye've gone so far off track that they oppose the measure.

Takes the wind out of "states' rights" Republicans.

It doesn't do anything of the sort. No one except diehard activists think that what is going on in California - the blantant drug dealing from commercial storefronts under the guise of medical marijuana - is doing anything to reduce crime, drug problems, or the profits of drug cartels.

In my State virtually all home invasion robberies are tied to marijuana grows in the homes that purportedly for medical marijuana but are way beyond the limits of the law.

The new policy just says that Federal action will be taken only when there are violations of both Federal and State law. That was the case in the prosecutions under Bush and will continue to be so for those under the Obama administration.

Another huge step in reflecting reality in 2009 as opposed to the bush policies which failed during the Reagan administration (just say no).

There are more medical week shops in LA now that starbucks. Pick your recreational drug of choice, dope or caffiene.

Dope should be legalized and then taxed. Then the mexican cartels that are buying NRA guns to shoot themselves and others would be out of business at least for the dope portion. And the states could get out of debt in the process by collecting the taxes.

This is why I voted for Obama, common sense responses to the failures of the bush adminstration.

And yes, if the millions of american dope smokers vote for Obama then indeed its game over for the burbon sipping lucky stripes just say no republicans. Bush did cocaine as we all know but that drug should stay illegal.

Another huge step in reflecting reality in 2009 as opposed to the bush policies which failed during the Reagan administration (just say no).

How do bush policies fail during the reagan administration? Are you talking about the then vice president policies in the reagan adminstration?

I would agree in this instance on the use of mary j for medicinal purposes. If it helps the terminal get through it - why not? I think it should be legal and heavily taxed, like smokes and booze. But I would question the oft-made statement that marijuana is the most harmless of all drugs. I had a few college roomies that were big time potheads - like several times every day. Talking to them now the brain loss is evident. I think more studies are in order. I can see lab rats with tye-died tee-shirts with peace signs, a fattie, and listening to Hendrix.

"This is why I voted for Obama, common sense responses to the failures of the bush adminstration."

If you think voting for Obama in an online 'have your say' poll got him elected you need to lay off the medical marijuana there.

tigermouth: I had a few college roomies that were big time potheads - like several times every day. Talking to them now the brain loss is evident.

You mean they were sharp intellectuals when they were smoking pot several times a day, and now they've stopped and their skills have declined? heh

I knew some huge potheads in college and some of them are doing fine and some of them are idiots. Seems about par for the course. I knew some complete idiots who couldn't leave the house without drinking first, and they're still idiots to this day.

Bush did cocaine as we all know but that drug should stay illegal.

I love the way you state "as we all know". You know nothing except rumors you've read on moonbat websites. Obama admits to having been a cocaine user and yet he wants to keep it illegal. That is true hypocrisy in your world, no?

"Hopium and Change", as the saying goes...

“Now we’ve got to figure out what these words actually mean,” said Wayne Justmann, a longtime pro-pot activist in San Francisco...

Hoh, bummer, dude. Guess it's like, another decade or some shet til the guvmint can like, spoonfeed ya the, the, the - what were we talkin about?