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Obama administration to ease marijuana law
Monday, 19 October 2009
enlargeThe Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to prosecutors.
US Justice Department officials said prosecutors would be told it was not a good use of their time to arrest people who used or provided marijuana for medical purposes such as pain relief.
The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce government anti-pot laws. Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes.
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It doesn't take a degree in sociology to understand that prohibition creates massively profitable underground organisations.
Should we take the same approach as our American neighbours, not only might we stop wasting tax payers money (and billions of it) on a wasted war on drugs - but we might also see some happier people about the place.
Oh no...
Posted by P Wilson | 19.10.09, 12:42 GMT
It is about time that this administration came to it's senses. All of the science and government supported think tanks suggest that legalizing and regulating will do much more for our youths and economy than the current method of arrest and incarceration. Allowing medical purposes as 14 states have seen fit to enact will open the needed dialog to end this prohibition.
Posted by Proud Oregon Citizen | 19.10.09, 09:37 GMT