Obama: Nope to dope
Published: 27 March, 2009, 13:01
Edited: 23 March, 2010, 22:59
TAGS: Crime, Obama, Politics, Drugs, Law, USA
President Obama has categorically opposed the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. Nevertheless, some experts disagree with this decision.
There were many calls to decriminalise and then tax marijuana – money which would seriously aid the US economy in these tough times.
Aaron Houston who's a pro-pot advocate in Washington says the president is missing a trick because weed could bring in up to 40 billion dollars in revenue.
“It’s no laughing matter that drug cartels in Mexico get 70% of their profits from marijuana sales. And it’s also not a laughing matter that we would generate between around 14 to 40 billion dollars in revenue and savings per year if we were to tax and regulate marijuana.”
“What’s also no laughing matter is that our current marijuana laws have simply not worked. 86% of high school seniors say that marijuana is very easy to get – that is a serious problem that needs addressing”.
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I really dont care what the president does about it!!! I hope he decides to legalize it,tax it, regulate it,but if he doesnt then in 2012 i will be voting for somebody who will legalize it!!! we voted him in and we will vote his replacement in also.If i dont feel hes going in the right direction for me or for the usa then we/i wont vote for him in the next election. god made weed, people make cigs and liquor,who do you trust!!!!
The Presidents right.The economy isn't going to get better if there isn't any good values.I know that the alot of people in the U.S. smoke weed,Iwas one of them.If you think weed will make a difference,ask yourself why you seperate your self from what it is you need to do in life.And if you think that is stuipid,think about what you are always around.Reality,is keeping a job,sournding yourself around people that are living reality,and not getting hooked on other drugs.I use to love smoking weed,but I eventaully got paranoid.Anyway if that is all you think about then you don't care about other things that you need to really care about about yourself and others.
Prisoners being held for the peaceful, non-violent possession, sale, transport or cultivation of cannabis hemp must be released immediately. Money and property seized must be returned. Criminal records must be wiped clean, amnesty granted and some sort of reparations paid for time served. These cannabis prisoners are the real victims of this monstrous crime against humanity called the “War on Drugs.” The United States is supposed to be a free country, yet those who choose to smoke this mostly harmless drug are penalized. An American can go out and drink themself to death, but they cannot freely use a drug which is less toxic and less prone to making one out of control than alcohol. I say this is not only unfair, but also un-American! The police, prosecutors and prison guards should not be in charge of which herbal therapies people may use to treat their personal health problems. Federal Judge Francis Young in 1988 called “one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.”