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Showing Original Post only (View all)After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed [View all]
http://www.juancole.com/2014/01/defending-marijuana-prosecuted.htmlAfter Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed
By Juan Cole | Jan. 20, 2014
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Yet his Attorney General, Eric Holder and his Department of Justice went on to launch punitive campaigns against legitimate marijuana businesses operating within state law. It isnt even clear these raids and arrests were constitutional, since no interstate commerce was involved.
He has averaged 36 medical marijuana prosecutions a year since taking office in 2009, whereas even W. only averaged 20 a year. Most egregious are that many of these cases were brought against persons who needed the drug to ameliorate painful medical conditions.
Now Obama comes out and says pot is no worse than alcohol. So was he not in control of Holder and the Department of Justice? Was he seeking campaign money from Seagrams and Big Pharma, who are afraid of competition from marijuana? What explains this massive hypocrisy and willingness to ruin peoples lives to enforce a prohibition he doesnt agree with?
Doesnt he have a duty to pardon the 154 people he has prosecuted in contravention of his campaign pledge and in contravention of state laws?
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After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed [View all]
unhappycamper
Jan 2014
OP
"Defending pot"? Puh-lease, he did his now-typical sidestep and tacit approval of the parasites.
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#1
Were these 154 people prosecuted for selling cannabis legally? Or did they break a law?
tridim
Jan 2014
#10
Eric Holder is one of the greatest AG in our history. Check his accomplishments and stop
kelliekat44
Jan 2014
#12