Obama MMJ Policy: Slow Progress
February 11th, 2009 by Alex
Aaron Houston, the director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, has written a great article detailing his proposed steps for the implementation of President Obama’s policy on medical marijuana.
Aaron’s ideas are both sensible and relatively realistic to implement:
- Wash the DEA of Bush administration leftovers
- Accurately classify marijuana as have medicinal benefits
- Foster new & continue existing marijuana research projects
Seems doable right? I really hope so.
Aaron goes on to explain that, despite the “low key” language of the White House spokesman, this new administration is implementing a drastic ideological change not seen in almost 2 decades of policy.
First, Obama believes that science trumps all, even political agenda. Second, Obama believes that federal resources shouldn’t be used to undermine state-level laws.
It’s great to see the first rain drops of the impending change storm finally touch the ground. Now let’s see Michele Leonhart ousted from the DEA, then dispensary owners and patients alike won’t have to keep looking over their shoulders.
