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Drug Enforcement Administration agents this week raided four medical marijuana shops in California, contrary to President Obama's campaign promises to stop the raids.


DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart

The White House said it expects those kinds of raids to end once Mr. Obama nominates someone to take charge of DEA, which is still run by Bush administration holdovers.

“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Medical use of marijuana is legal under the law in California and a dozen other states, but the federal government under President Bush, bolstered by a 2005 Supreme Court ruling, argued that federal interests trumped state law.

Dogged by marijuana advocates throughout the campaign, Mr. Obama repeatedly said he was opposed to using the federal government to raid medical marijuana shops, particularly because it was an infringement on states' decisions.

“I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue," Mr. Obama told the Mail Tribune newspaper in Oregon in March, during the Democratic primary campaign.

He told the newspaper the "basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors, I think that's entirely appropriate."

Appaholic wrote:C'mon Wedgie, those jack-booted thugs have to justify their existence some way.....maybe their surveillance abilities could be put to better use in the War on Terror.....say, in Kabul....

wideright82 wrote: “The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote: “The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

AZGrizFan wrote:

wideright82 wrote: “The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Appaholic wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Surprise....he's a politician....

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Surprise....he's a politician....

Change we can believe in.

What a bunch of lemmings.

Wedgebuster wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Change we can believe in.

What a bunch of lemmings.

Wedgebuster wrote:
Not much can change until the partisan rhetoric changes.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:
Not much can change until the partisan rhetoric changes.

You know, Hitler used to draw crowds like that.

Popularity <> effectiveness.

houndawg wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Wedgebuster wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

You know, Hitler used to draw crowds like that.

Popularity <> effectiveness.

12 posts = Godwin

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

AZGrizFan wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:
12 posts = Godwin

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

Might wanna let yer buddy Cappy in on that little tidbit. He's the KING of referencing Hitler.

Purple For Life wrote:Man, we'd have so much money if we didn't spend it on the stupidity of trying to bust and prosecute people for pot.

Not to mention that taxes that could be collected on it. Sigh.