Obama Administration Has Spent Nearly $300 Million Cracking Down On Medical Marijuana: Report

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It is so disappointing to me that Obama makes jokes about this topic when asked about it. Laughs it off as not a serious topic.
I have never used pot once in my life, but it is disgusting people are in jail for simple possession of a plant that is safer than alcohol or tobacco.

An analysis from pro-medical marijuana group Americans For Safe Access found that President Barack Obama's administration has spent nearly $300 million on combating medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug.

The report calculates the total amount of federal spending on medical marijuana intervention at $289 million over Obama's four-and-a-half years in the White House. According to the analysis, the Drug Enforcement Administration alone spent 4 percent of its budget in 2011 and 2012 cracking down on medical marijuana across 20 states. Taken as a whole, Obama's participation makes up the majority of what ASA says is a $483 million war of lawsuits, indictments and asset forfeiture attempts waged by the Department of Justice under the past three presidents.

The studies are just the latest figures that underscore Obama's aggressive war on pot. While Obama and members of his administration had left many marijuana reform advocates optimistic in the early stages of his first term, it quickly became clear that the new president was determined to ramp up the enforcement-focused approach to medical cannabis.

While the administration appears to have grown increasingly intolerant of marijuana, the nation appears to be going in the opposite direction. Public opinion polls have shown increasing support for a change in policy, whether it be legalizing pot for medical use or legalizing the drug altogether.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/obama-medical-marijuana_n_3437636.html

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1. And some people here are upset that I'm not a 150% Rah, Rah, Rah, cheerleader for Obama

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2. Don't worry. Many here are not. Some do not think you can be a liberal and progressive and also.....

be disappointed in Obama. Blind 100% support for Obama is no different than the GOP fools who gave it to Bush also.

Obama is 1000 times better than Romney or anyone else the GOP could of elected.

But it does not mean he has not done some things wrong IMO.

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4. Yes, and this policy makes no sense. The defenders of Obama tried to use the......

"Well, a black president cannot look soft on drugs.". But the American Public has totally eased off the worry about pot. Obama loses no support at this point bu backing off on pot. Makes no sense.

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5. Wait, am I reading this right?!

The past three presidents, that would be Obama, Bush, Clinton, (4+8+8=20 years) have in the aggregate spent close to half a billion dollars fighting state-legalized marijuana. Of that, the Obama administration is responsible for almost two thirds?

Crazy town.