Marijuana Activists Claim Barack Obama Was More Severe Than Bush on Medical Marijuana: Agree or Disagree?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/07/18 22:00:00

Related Topics: Health, Barack Obama, President, Marijuana, 2012, Berkeley, California, University, Lucky, Survive, Pot, Obama, Medical, Cannabis, George W. Bush, Medical Marijuana

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Many of California’s most prominent and well-respected medical cannabis dispensaries and related facilities -- including Oaksterdam University, Berkeley Patients Group, and Harborside Health Center (HHC) -- flourished under the George W. Bush administration. But they’ll be lucky to survive President Barack Obama’s first term. Do you think Barack Obama is tougher on medical marijuana than George W. Bush was?

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Don Leuty 2012/07/18 20:32:47

Agree

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Bush made him do it!

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Windy to Rob_Hoff 2012/07/19 07:22:14

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Making hemp illegal was the major reason for prohibiting marijuana. The big industrialists of the 30s were behind it because hemp was too great a competiton for their industries to succeed if hemp were still in the picture.

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Kane Fernau 2012/07/18 23:32:55 (edited)

Agree

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It's okay that Obama enjoyed marijuana but he doesn't want the rest of us to enjoy it.

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Frank 2012/07/18 23:29:33

Agree

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Obama wasn't so severe when he was firing it up was he. What a hypocrite.....

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FanOreilly 2012/07/18 23:20:39 (edited)

Agree

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Obama is tough on pot.

His choom gang destroys pot every chance they get.

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Aurora 2012/07/18 23:15:40

Agree

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I really don't know, I don't smoke pot. It was never very interesting to me that the dope heads wanted pot to be legal. Naa it cannot be everything is Bush's fault.

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Crypt_H... to Aurora 2012/07/19 01:20:31 (edited)

there's quite a lot of medical evidence stating that it has medicinal benefits. However this usually amounts to a 'spliff a day'. Rather than what we generally see in well... everyone who smokes pot (it's a diverse group).

That said, I don't smoke pot, but based on the evidence, I support Medicinal Cannabis. Besides, if I support criminalisation of cannabis I think I need to get two product which kill more people per ml and per g than any other drug in the world. Alcohol and Tobacco.

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XZQZQ to Crypt_H... 2012/07/19 11:14:27

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Supposedly, marijuana is very helpful in reducing the negative side-effects of cancer treatment....

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Brendakp to XZQZQ 2012/07/19 13:32:41

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It's very good for nausea.

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Airhead to Crypt_H... 2012/07/20 04:31:09 (edited)

Really though, most people I know who smoke or vape for recreational use dont even use that much, they maybe smoke 2 -3 joints a week or in a month. The hardcore potheads and deadbeats seem to actually be in the minority of users. Casual or average smokers/vapers don't want to make their use publicly known due to stereotyping like that. Now that we have more freedom to proclaim that we smoke pot, since it is more widely accepted, more upstanding people are advocating its use.

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Crypt_H... to Airhead 2012/07/20 09:50:41

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*nod nod nod* Completely agreed.

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Libertarian NOT Conservative 2012/07/18 23:10:11

Agree

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Especially when compared to his campaign promises, BHO's administration's performance on this issue has been particularly severe.

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g_byst 2012/07/18 23:01:59

Disagree

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Obama didn't do a thing. He ignored pot. It was the beaurocracy that was hard on drug users.
Obama was a major pot smoker himself. If he wanted to do something for marijana he would have flat out legalized it by executive order.

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Donnie to g_byst 2012/07/18 23:24:31

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lets just ignore the drug czar he installed, and him claiming that those how use should be jailed, and the ordering of raids of medical marijuana dispensaries; if that's ignoring it then i would hate to see what would happen if he actually payed it some attention.

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g_byst to Donnie 2012/07/30 03:40:33

Who are you calling the "Drug Czar"?!? Since when does the president EVER order minor operations like raiding medical marijuana? I think you just want to blame him because he is the BGIC. There is plenty he is actually doing to vote him out without blaming him for stuff he has nothing to do with.

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Crypt_H... to g_byst 2012/07/19 01:21:19

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Bush also smoked pot.

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XZQZQ to Crypt_H... 2012/07/19 11:15:54

GWB was a bad boy, when he was younger.... I suspect that he did many nasty things that he managed to keep to himself...

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Crypt_H... to XZQZQ 2012/07/19 16:08:37

... why did I imagine that...*burns*

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g_byst to Crypt_H... 2012/07/30 03:42:00

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I'm sure all the progressives did.

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apachehellfire65 2012/07/18 22:56:54

Disagree

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well he sure as hell demands better quality!

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TheBadOne 2012/07/18 22:44:41 (edited)

Agree

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Seriously, how can ANYONE from California hit disagree?!?!?!?!?! ARE YOU NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR OWN STATE?!?!?!?! Even the Progressive news outlets in California are deriding the Fed involvement as an intrusive attack on state's rights because our MMJ initiative actually works! This is another project spearheaded by Holder, so I've just given all the Gunrunner critics another fan to fuel the fire.

In fairness, my current hometown of Costa Mesa (GOP Run) called the Feds to break up the dispensaries here and then cried "Obama's fault" until they were exposed for it. I don't think anyone in Oakland is voting for the Right any time soon, though.

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Aurora to TheBadOne 2012/07/18 23:16:55

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Has Costa Mesa declared bankruptcy yet.

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TheBadOne to Aurora 2012/07/19 00:20:05 (edited)

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Nah, we aren't smogged out like San Bernardino (Dem), broke like Stockton (Dem), or making bad land deals like Mammoth Lakes (GOP). I don't know why conservatives are so anti-California. If they want the political climate to change, just wait. Orange County used to be a liberal stronghold until they declared bankruptcy in 1994. They've been conservative (with libertarian leanings) ever since.

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Windy to TheBadOne 2012/07/19 07:26:16

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Libertarian is MUCH better than either liberal or conservative. Libertarians want freedom for EVERYONE, not just those who agree with them.

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XZQZQ to Windy 2012/07/19 11:22:30

I really don't know the difference between ' conservative ' and ' libertarian '.... gotta look them up....

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TheBadOne to XZQZQ 2012/07/19 19:08:10 (edited)

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Short version of Libertarianism: Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal. Keep the government out of by bank account, bedroom, and backyard and we're okay.

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XZQZQ to TheBadOne 2012/07/19 11:20:45

Conservatives are anti-California because we see what is happening out there, and are [ very ] afraid that it will happen to the rest of the country, also.... that the saying " As goes California, so goes the country " is till true, even if not heard as often....

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Dan ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/07/18 22:40:09

Agree

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Its quite obvious. Obama has accelerated most of Bush's policies, that includes more raids on medical marijuana dispensaries.

At most, he might pretend to support Medical Marijuana, but we all know how much he loves to pretend to be on the people's side, but isnt at all.

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Callaway 2012/07/18 22:37:48

Agree

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Oh yea typical lib two sets of rules one for them and one for the rest of of the country.

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Windy to Callaway 2012/07/19 07:27:03

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The social conservatives have the same two sets of rules.

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XZQZQ to Windy 2012/07/19 11:27:58 (edited)

On the political quizzes, ' Where do you place ' ? I usually score wayyy to the right on fiscal matters, but dead center on social matters; thinking that what people do is their business, as long as I don't have to pay for it....however, it is becoming apparent that the personal choices that people make have huge down-stream social costs, and are indeed my business...voluntary single-motherhood being a prime example...

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Windy to XZQZQ 2012/07/20 07:58:47

On all tests I score 100% libertarian. Everyone has the right to live however they wish and to make their own choices unencumbered by restrictions, prohibitions and mandates (unless one or more of those choices violates the unalienable rights of another person).

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serethiel 2012/07/18 22:23:03

Agree

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unfortunately.

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Dawn 2012/07/18 22:04:58

Agree

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Seriously wish Ron Paul would have gotten on the Republican ticket... Every legal adult would be high as a kite on weekends and it'd be perfectly legal.

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Crypt_H... to Dawn 2012/07/19 01:23:17

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I doubt that actually. They legalised Heroin in Portugal...the usage rates actually decreased dramatically.

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Dawn to Crypt_H... 2012/07/30 18:55:10

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True. When someone doesn't feel pressured not to do something they often don't. Exactly why I think everything should be legal. No gangs, no drug related violence anymore than alcohol related violence, and it wouldn't be 'cool' to do drugs.

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Windy to Dawn 2012/07/19 07:31:04

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Don't count Ron Paul out, just yet, the GOP convention is still a bit more than a month away and Dr. Paul has qualified:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(note the date it was posted to YouTube, MSM lies when they say Romney is the nominee)
http://www.examiner.com/artic...

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Dawn to Windy 2012/07/30 18:55:48

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I really hope Ron Paul gets the nomination.

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Crypt_H... to Dawn 2012/07/30 21:13:32

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Damn straight, he's the only guy that will actually provide a credible alternative to Obama.

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Dawn to Crypt_H... 2012/08/03 15:07:12

A credible alternative to any other professional politician.

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Mike 2012/07/18 21:47:49

Agree

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Perhaps, Obama will only toke up if the government could control and tax the dope.

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