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Obama’s Pot Problem | Politics News | Rolling Stone

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Obama’s Pot Problem | Politics News | Rolling Stone

An important point:

A big reason for the get-tough stance, say White House insiders, is that federal agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration are staffed with hard-liners who have built their careers on going after pot. Michele Leonhart, a holdover from the Bush administration whom Obama has appointed to head the DEA, continues to maintain that pot is as dangerous as heroin – a position unsupported by either science or experience. When pressed on the point at a congressional hearing, Leonhart refused to concede any distinction between the two substances, lamely insisting that “all illegal drugs are bad.”

Another:

Obama, the former constitutional-law professor, has relied on the expansive powers of the chief executive when it serves him politically – providing amnesty to a generation of Dream Act immigrants, or refusing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. A one-time pothead who gave a shout-out to his dealer in his high school yearbook, Obama could single-handedly end the insanity of marijuana being treated like heroin under the Controlled Substances Act with nothing more than an executive order.

Hmmmm.

Why Cal divestment bill is bad for all: Moderate Jewish voices favoring action also drowned out | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California

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Why Cal divestment bill is bad for all: Moderate Jewish voices favoring action also drowned out | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California

you bring up some nice points ladies but you are splitting hairs in your reasoning of why you don’t support this bill and that, my dears, weakens all of the other points you made.