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In reply to the discussion: President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)the demonization of cannabis is a far right position that has allowed them to target minorities and to shit on the Constitution they claim is so sacred - it allows them to spew a little ultra-hate.
the problem is that politicos view this through the prism of the 1960s when the support for this issue is mainstream.
the problem is that politicos are far, far behind the wisdom of the crowd - those who know people from all walks of life who support an end to prohibition because it is wrong at its very core. most everyone has a family member who has suffered from cancer and why should those people have to seek out illegal cannabis to help them survive chemo? makes no sense.
so, as you note, the problem is really that a small but vocal right wing idiocracy dominates American politics and hurts us all - on environmental issues, on economic issues, on this one. And no one will admit these same people are liars who enrich themselves at the expense of Americans and the rest of the world.
What I see is a true failure of the American system.