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Marihuana-Verbesserung ist ein Teil der progressiven Tagesordnung
Donnerstag, den 29. Januar 2009
So warum bilden Droge-Spindeln Obamas bereits Topf-überfälle? Durch Paul Armentano? Topf-verbessern Sie Aktivisten haben swarmed Change.gov Obamas, und sehr große Majoritäten wählten für Topfverbesserung in Wahl `08, aber keine änderung dennoch von Obama. Dieser letzte August, Haus-Lautsprecher-Repräsentant. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., während eines Phaseninterviews mit CNN, tat bemerkenswertes etwas ziemlich. Sie sprach offen und öffentlich über ihre Unterstützung für Marihuanagesetz Verbesserung. Aber anstatt verlangend unternehmen ihre Kollegen in Washington die notwendigen Schritte, um den Krieg Siebendekade der Bundesregierung auf Unkraut zu beenden, sie ersuchten anstatt um die öffentlichkeit zu fungieren. „Wir haben die wichtige Arbeit, zum außerhalb des Kongresses zu tun, damit wir zum Haben Erfolg innerhalb des Kongresses.“ Pelosi gesagt. „[W] helfen e Notwendigkeit Völker', in der Note mit ihren Mitgliedern des Kongresses zu sein, zum zu sagen, warum dieser (Marihuanagesetzverbesserung) der Fall sein sollte.“ Wie der Saying geht, „bitten Sie und ye empfängt.“ In den letzten Monaten hat die öffentlichkeit seine Unterstützung für Marihuanagesetzverbesserung in beispiellosen Zahlen ausgedrückt. Die Wahl des ehemaligen Topfrauchers, Barack, „, das ich häufig inhalierte; der war der Punkt“ Obama, verbunden mit einer rückläufigen Konjunktur, hat 10 Tausenden Amerikaner, ihren Regierung Anschlag zu verlangen angeregt, der seinen begrenzten Zustand und Bundesgesetzdurchführungbetriebsmittel für die Bemühungen ausgibt, die Marihuanaraucher zielen, festhalten und verfolgen. Z.B. im Dezember die Frage: „Werden Sie (Präsident Obama) erwägen, Marihuana zu legalisieren, damit die Regierung es regulieren kann, es zu besteuern, setzen Altersgrenzen auf es und verursachen Millionen der neuen Jobs und verursachen Milliarde Dollarindustrie, die recht ist hier in den US?“ schlagen Sie über 7.300 Öffentlichkeitpolitik Ausgaben, um den oberen Punkt in Change.gov' s zu behaupten Eröffnungs„für Fragen“ Abstimmung sich öffnen Sie. (Change.gov, jetzt WhiteHouse.gov, war die amtliche Web site der Präsident Obamas übergang Mannschaft.) Das Erstplatz Ende war kaum ein Plattfisch. Die Nachfrage der öffentlichkeit „legalisieren den medizinischen und entspannenden Gebrauch des Marihuanas“ auch beendet zuerst in einer zwei-Monat-langen Netzabstimmung, die durch die liberal-lehnende Sozial-netzwerkanschluß Web site Change.org und Fall-Grundlage Washingtons - Fertigung von ca. 5.000 Stimmen vor der folgenden populärsten Idee bewirtet wird. Vor kurzem, geben 26.000 Besucher ihre Stimme in einer CNBC on-line-Abstimmung bitten ab, „bevorzugen Sie das decriminalization des Marihuanagebrauches?“ Mehr als 97 Prozent von denen, die wählten, sagten ja. Perhaps most impressively, in a follow-up poll conducted by the Obama administration — commissioned under the guise of creating a Citizens’ Briefing Book for the new president — the public’s call to “stop imprisoning responsible adult citizens” finished first out of 44,000 policy proposals. But that was far from the only marijuana-related question to resonate with the public. Amazingly, a separate question calling on the new administration to “stop using federal resources to undermine states’ medicinal marijuana laws” finished in third place. Critics of the recent poll results are quick to note that online polls are not scientific and that arguably more Americans are concerned about other pressing social issues — such as rising unemployment, for instance — than care about reforming the United States’ pot policies. But those who interpret these results so superficially are missing the bigger political picture. As the popularity of the marijuana issue in these polls indicates, there is a significant, vocal and identifiable minority of American society that wants to see an end to America’s archaic and overly punitive marijuana laws. Politicians, particularly progressive politicians, would be well-advised to acknowledge this interest group and respond accordingly. Further, a majority of the American public is ready and willing to engage in a serious and objective political debate regarding the merits of legalizing the use of cannabis by adults, even if their elected officials are not. One only has to log on to the thousands of public comments, both for and against, marijuana legalization on the message board of Change.gov and Change.org to see that Americans are pining for, if nothing else, an honest review of our nation’s so-called war on drugs. So is the new administration listening? Apparently, not yet. In response to the Change.gov poll, the administration posted a curt, one-sentence response, “President Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.” The reply, though disappointing to some, was hardly unexpected. In 2004, Obama voiced support for decriminalizing pot (a policy that replaces criminal sanctions with the imposition of fines only), but fell short of endorsing legalization. (Although as a candidate for president, Obama renounced his support for decriminalization.) Less expected, however, were the actions of the Justice Department last week when U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials raided the office of a California medical marijuana provider, as well as two medical grow houses in Colorado. (The possession of marijuana for medical purposes is legal in both states, and nonprofit organizations may legally dispense marijuana to authorized patients under California law.) The busts outraged many drug-law-reform advocates, who were quick to point out that the new president had pledged on the campaign trail not to use Justice Department resources to circumvent state medical marijuana laws. Many news outlets also were quick to voice criticism toward the new administration for continuing with the federal raids, noting that these aggressive actions possess little to no public support. Of course, it is not yet known whether Obama directly authorized the DEA raids. (Both the DOJ and the DEA are staffed, in large part, by holdovers from the Bush regime.) That said, there’s also no indication that anyone at DOJ or DEA has been admonished for their behavior either. Obama’s silence on the issue so far may be telling. It may also be politically detrimental. Rather than ignore the public’s calls for drug-policy reform, the new administration ought to be embracing it. After all, many of the same voters that put Barack Obama in the White House also voted by wide margins in November to liberalize marijuana laws in two states — Michigan and Massachusetts — and in nearly a dozen municipalities nationwide. In fact, historically, marijuana-law reform has been a proven winner at the polls. Voters in 10 states and the District of Columbia have approved ballot measures legalizing the medical use of marijuana. (By contrast, only once — in South Dakota in 2006 — have voters rejected such a measure.) Municipal ordinances mandating law enforcement to make the prosecution of minor pot offenses its “lowest priority” have enjoyed similar success — passing in more than a dozen cities across the country, including Denver, Seattle, Oakland, Calif., Santa Barbara, Calif., Missoula, Mont., Colombia, Mo., and Fayetteville, Ark. These results shouldn’t be surprising. According to a national poll commissioned by CNN and Time magazine, 80 percent of Americans support the physician-supervised use of cannabis, and some 3 out of 4 say that adults should be fined, but not jailed, for using pot recreationally. In short, marijuana-law reform should no longer be viewed by legislators as a political liability. It isn’t. Instead, for the new administration and for 111th Congress, it is a political opportunity. The sooner our federally elected leaders recognize this fact, the sooner we, and they, can begin to undo the damage caused by America’s longest and costliest war, the so-called war on drugs. Have Your Say: Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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