It should be noted that
A. This is a “policy” memo and policy is NOT law.

B. It is written in such a way that it can be recinded on a whim.

Celebrate carefully

These statements pulled in a lot of pot smokers votes but he has realy let me and others down. I was done with him the day he made a joke out of the Number One issue in his online town hall poll, not only that but three of the top ten were about pot and he blew us off. We helped get him elected and yet he make a joke out of us for asking a question?

Well for me Im done and I will not vote for him and many fell the same way. If he is waiting then he will lose even more of our votes. If his election showed anything it was that the internet community and us, marijuana users, are a huge part of winning an election inthe sist century.

We shall see, but a promise of legalization will not cut it this time for me. IMO his only chance to gain all the smokers votes back is if he ends prohibition this term! Any wait past today is a day too late to end the suffering of so many. He best look at what he needs to prove to us, not what he needs to promise for re-election.

Sorry so long guys!

The idea that our president is a dictator that can just issue mandates and declarations of law is troubling enough, but that’s not what this is. Apparently, this is the opposite of that. It is a positive move that runs the risk of bringing people together… which can also be positive.

He’s left it up to the states. Can anybody say “federalism?” He’s also removed the go-to excuse many state lawmakers run to when confronted with the marijuana issue.

The timing is curious, though. This memo comes only a few days after the CA DA declared his own war on medical mj, but at least the war on (some) drugs will be fought at the local level. The DA’s argument will likely be framed around how well medical marijuana purveyors are doing financially, that the money they’re making is from consideration and not tips, and that over-the-counter sales was not provided for in Prop 215. Suddenly, at the state level, there will be residents of CA, whose intention was to operate within the law but will be magically transformed into criminals.

If Obama’s move is a step toward legalization, then I applaud it. If its just a move to have both (both legal AND illegal marijuana) then he’s just set the table for more of the same. In other words, unless you sign the proper forms, carry the proper identification, and your name can be found on “the list,” you can still be arrested and imprisoned, though not by the federal government any more.

I just hope that CA legalizes it in their state so we can continue the national legalization debate. If CA legalizes it, the Supreme Court will be tried again, and when that happens, Federal Law will trump State Law. It all depends on the Supreme Court.

I agree that Congress needs to do something. Don’t hold your breath. Congress is a slow, clumsy thing. It was meant to be. It should be. It should be hard to pass crazy laws. Its Congress’s definition of insanity that has to change…