Comments on: Did Obama Flip Flop on Marijuana?? http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/04/13/did-obama-flip-flop-on-marijuana/ I just have a different way of thinking about things... Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jed Zeppelin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/04/13/did-obama-flip-flop-on-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Jed Zeppelin Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:40:09 +0000 http://differentwaytothink.com/?p=123#comment-2267 The special interest owns Obama and most politicians for that matter. Ron Paul 2012! Check it out. The special interest owns Obama and most politicians for that matter. Ron Paul 2012! Check it out.

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/04/13/did-obama-flip-flop-on-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 admin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:48:33 +0000 http://differentwaytothink.com/?p=123#comment-1025 The bigger point is the point of the article though. This is just one of numerous issues this president has championed and claimed to support only to change his path when he is actually in position to do what he promised. The bigger point is the point of the article though. This is just one of numerous issues this president has championed and claimed to support only to change his path when he is actually in position to do what he promised.

]]> By: Arundu http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/04/13/did-obama-flip-flop-on-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Arundu Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:09:52 +0000 http://differentwaytothink.com/?p=123#comment-1014 From whats hes said before I think he probably secretly supports legalization. But he wants to avoid controversy. Its what he does with gay marriage too. He says hes against it but then was against Prop 8 even though if Prop 8 didnt pass it would mean California would have gay marriage so the positions are conflicting. Its disingenious but when your in politics you need to maneuver sometimes to get things done. Saying "legalize marijuana" wouldve lead to right-wing pundits talking about it and it would obscure the health care bill which already has enough problems passing. But the popular and political will to legalize marijuana is building. When enough people in Congress openly support it and enough Americans(it just passed 50%!) support it Obama will move to legalize it. The impetus for this will probably be when California passes its legalization referendum(and it will). He'll probably even make it look like its not a flip-flop by first going to the UN to amend the Single Convention(a treaty to ban marijuana) and just say he was against it because he didn't want to go against a treaty the US signed(never mind the fact that the UN Narcotics board gets almost all its support from the US and the treaty would be repealed overnight if the US stopped supporting it). From whats hes said before I think he probably secretly supports legalization. But he wants to avoid controversy. Its what he does with gay marriage too. He says hes against it but then was against Prop 8 even though if Prop 8 didnt pass it would mean California would have gay marriage so the positions are conflicting. Its disingenious but when your in politics you need to maneuver sometimes to get things done. Saying “legalize marijuana” wouldve lead to right-wing pundits talking about it and it would obscure the health care bill which already has enough problems passing.

But the popular and political will to legalize marijuana is building. When enough people in Congress openly support it and enough Americans(it just passed 50%!) support it Obama will move to legalize it. The impetus for this will probably be when California passes its legalization referendum(and it will). He’ll probably even make it look like its not a flip-flop by first going to the UN to amend the Single Convention(a treaty to ban marijuana) and just say he was against it because he didn’t want to go against a treaty the US signed(never mind the fact that the UN Narcotics board gets almost all its support from the US and the treaty would be repealed overnight if the US stopped supporting it).

]]> By: Cyn http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/04/13/did-obama-flip-flop-on-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Cyn Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:40:11 +0000 http://differentwaytothink.com/?p=123#comment-1010 Well being a president doesn't mean you can legalize everything, there is alot of things that need to be passed through other people then it gets to the president and he can sign on it or not. but he can have influence into pushing better laws but still congress can easily stop that. plus all his supporters can easily rally against him and it will just give him a bad reputation. so it's really the government behind this. they did criminalize marijuana because of racism in the past. but times are different but marijuana is still demonized by todays society, but little by little it's being accepted as a alternative herbal remedy to cancer and other major health problems. but smoking any substance is never any good for your lungs and health. but there is other ways of using cannabis. you can make edibles and also "green dragon" (alcoholic laced with THC), and the pharmaceutical extraction that is made into a pill or capsule. but yes it would create more jobs and government would be able to get tax. because california is already in the process of regulating marijuana for non medicinal purposes for ages 21+. Medical Marijuana dispensries provide a controlled environment for medical marijuana and safe. but once it's regulated in california. you still have to go through a short process with a dispensry to get marijuana. so it would be "monitored" and taxed. it's already taxed by the state in california. but once it's regulated for non medicinal purposes any 21+ adult can purchase it. but of course you have to sign up for membership with a dispensry as a "patient" but I'm sure the dispensries keep track of the purchases so your purchase isn't private like street purchases. but it's a good thing to keep it out of the hands of children. but children are still able to access marijuana and other drugs. but the regulation of it will be a good process because the marijuana from the dispensries is of much higher quality then the marijuana in the street. so the mexican drug cartels would lose money and have to lower the price on there existing drug operation. but even then people wouldn't bother buying pesticide laced garbage marijuana. if they are 21+ they can easily just get higher quality clean marijuana from a dispensry, thus eliminating the whole support of drug cartels. and there is a wide range of medical marijuana medicine in the dispensries that come in various forms such as edibles. so legalization would be a good thing. however that does mean more people would be smoking the substance or consuming it. it will have an effect on society a more creative and active one. because not all marijuana makes the user sedated there is various strains such as SATIVA. which is a much more cerebral high and energetic. the indica is a more sedated body high and makes the user tired. and then there is the hybrids which is a little bit of both strains excluding tiredness and energy. but it all ranges and varies. sativa is much more of a day time medication. and indica is used for severe body pain and best used at night. so it all depends on the users choices and method of consumption. edibles have a long lasting effect (4 to 10 hours). smoking has a much shorter lasting effect (1 to 4 hours). Well being a president doesn’t mean you can legalize everything, there is alot of things that need to be passed through other people then it gets to the president and he can sign on it or not. but he can have influence into pushing better laws but still congress can easily stop that. plus all his supporters can easily rally against him and it will just give him a bad reputation. so it’s really the government behind this. they did criminalize marijuana because of racism in the past. but times are different but marijuana is still demonized by todays society, but little by little it’s being accepted as a alternative herbal remedy to cancer and other major health problems. but smoking any substance is never any good for your lungs and health. but there is other ways of using cannabis. you can make edibles and also “green dragon” (alcoholic laced with THC), and the pharmaceutical extraction that is made into a pill or capsule. but yes it would create more jobs and government would be able to get tax. because california is already in the process of regulating marijuana for non medicinal purposes for ages 21+. Medical Marijuana dispensries provide a controlled environment for medical marijuana and safe. but once it’s regulated in california. you still have to go through a short process with a dispensry to get marijuana. so it would be “monitored” and taxed. it’s already taxed by the state in california. but once it’s regulated for non medicinal purposes any 21+ adult can purchase it. but of course you have to sign up for membership with a dispensry as a “patient” but I’m sure the dispensries keep track of the purchases so your purchase isn’t private like street purchases. but it’s a good thing to keep it out of the hands of children. but children are still able to access marijuana and other drugs. but the regulation of it will be a good process because the marijuana from the dispensries is of much higher quality then the marijuana in the street. so the mexican drug cartels would lose money and have to lower the price on there existing drug operation. but even then people wouldn’t bother buying pesticide laced garbage marijuana. if they are 21+ they can easily just get higher quality clean marijuana from a dispensry, thus eliminating the whole support of drug cartels. and there is a wide range of medical marijuana medicine in the dispensries that come in various forms such as edibles. so legalization would be a good thing. however that does mean more people would be smoking the substance or consuming it. it will have an effect on society a more creative and active one. because not all marijuana makes the user sedated there is various strains such as SATIVA. which is a much more cerebral high and energetic. the indica is a more sedated body high and makes the user tired. and then there is the hybrids which is a little bit of both strains excluding tiredness and energy. but it all ranges and varies. sativa is much more of a day time medication. and indica is used for severe body pain and best used at night. so it all depends on the users choices and method of consumption. edibles have a long lasting effect (4 to 10 hours). smoking has a much shorter lasting effect (1 to 4 hours).

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