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Obama and Holder Then and Now on Medical Marijuana

In 2004, Barack Obama said the drug war was "an utter failure" and we need to rethink it.

In New Hampshire in 2007, he said he would not have the Justice Department prosecute medical marijuana.

Obama during the presidential campaign: He won't use Justice Department resources to circumvent state laws. He wants them to focus on violent crime and terrorism.

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Eric Holder saying what Obama said about ending raids during the campaign will be DOJ policy:

In March, 2009, the New York Times reports Holder said "the administration would effectively end the Bush administration’s frequent raids on distributors of medical marijuana." (my emphasis.)

Speaking with reporters, Mr. Holder provided few specifics but said the Justice Department’s enforcement policy would now be restricted to traffickers who falsely masqueraded as medical dispensaries and “use medical marijuana laws as a shield.”

...Mr. Holder said the new approach was consistent with statements made by President Obama in the campaign and was based on an assessment of how to allocate scarce enforcement resources. He said dispensaries operating in accord with California law would not be a priority for the administration. (my emphasis.)

What hypocrites.

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    he'll say anything to get elected (5.00 / 3) (#2)
    by kempis on Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 06:14:37 PM EST
    Remember when part of his big contrast between himself and Hillary was "she'll say anything to get elected."

    That was back when he was all about turning the page, a new politics, blah blah blah.

    Turns out he said all that stuff because, wait for it, it's what it took for him to get elected.

    And I'm not as angry with him as I am with those who really, really believed that crap.

    A few of my favs: (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by lentinel on Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 06:35:15 PM EST
    - "Make no mistake: we will close Guantánamo prison, which has damaged our national-security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for Al Qaeda."  
    Obama - January 2010


    - [A]ny plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track records of a variety of plans - including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest - and choose what's best for your family.  
    Obama -  July 2009


    yep, (none / 0) (#9)
    by cpinva on Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 06:51:37 AM EST
    funny how that works.

    the best thing pres. obama has going for him, with regards to 2012, is the republican party.

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    It (none / 0) (#20)
    by lentinel on Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 03:53:33 PM EST
    is the ONLY thing going for him.

    And frankly, for me, it is not nearly enough to get m