Parsing Obama's Words on Legalizing Marijuana
- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012
- Written by THCbiz Staff
HuffingtonPost.com
By Ethan Nadelmann
Anytime the president answers a question about marijuana and federal marijuana policy, as he did in a recent interview with ABC's Barbara Walters that airs tonight, it makes sense to parse his words.
Four things stand out in ABC's press release about the president's comments. The first is that he responded in a serious and substantive tone, which contrasted with the jokingly dismissive ways in which he answered questions about marijuana legalization just a few years ago. The ballot initiative victories in Colorado and Washington gave him no choice this time. Marijuana legalization is now a political reality.
Read the full blog post by Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance.