Obama seems to be taking his cues from the failed Presidency of Jimmy Carter. During his campaign Carter said that no law should be more harmful than what it is trying to regulate and that he favored the re-legalization of marijuana. Then he re-started Nixon's Drug War and lashed out at his naive supporters.
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Want fewer "Dude, where's my car?" moments but not ready to give up the weed? A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that variations in the chemical makeup of different strains of marijuana are associated with different levels of cognitive impairment while high.

In the midst of the brutal drug trafficking war encroaching on their lives, thousands of Mexicans every morning check social network websites to see if they will encounter any unpleasant surprises on the way to work or school.

Under Proposition 19, the blurry line between the medical and the recreational marijuana user disappears overnight. Legitimate business interests would move in, displacing the ragtag troupe of entrepreneurs who supply marijuana to thousands, if not millions, of Californians.

As California debates the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, and Canada's Liberals talk about decriminalization, it's easy to forget what happens to people in other countries when they get busted for pot.
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