Roll Call Addresses Marijuana Reform
January 5th, 2009 by Perry
In what many in the MMJ community are considering a sign of the times with our incoming lefty administration, Roll Call, a traditional Capitol Hill magazine recently covered the topic of marijuana reform.
Running the jump under the headline, “A Tokin’ Lobby Expects Less Opposition in ‘09,” the article talks about how after eight years of pushing a strong stance against weed, the government’s attitude towards the medicine may begin to change.
The article quotes several of Obama’s platitudes regarding decriminalization, but more significantly reports a call by Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, for congress to study marijuana politics.
While such a request was likely to go unheeded in years past, Obama’s sympathy towards medical marijuana users could lead to a rescheduling of the drug out of the Class-A category with heroine and LSD.
Obama Inhales Inhaled
October 25th, 2006 by Tim
When you hear about political figures discussing drug-related topics, it’s mainly followed by a conservative, hard-lined stance. Democrat Barack Obama is refreshingly on the other side of the fence. Projecting an atmosphere of honesty, the Illinois Senator states in his new book, “I inhaled — that was the point.”
Wait a minute, politicians aren’t allowed to say that. Are they? This seems to go against everything that’s been brewing since the Reagan administration and it’s a damn nice change of pace.
Senator Obama doesn’t just go against the flock with that one opinion either. He has openly stated that he does not practice a specific religion. Another move sure to enrage the conservatives.
With hints floating around on Senator Obama running for 2008’s Presidential Election, what’s difficult to predict is the public’s reaction to his earlier experience(s) with pot.
[via Newsvine]
