The suspicious silence about state legalization efforts

bedspirit

bedspirit

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I keep waiting for some warning from the federal government to Washington, Oregon, and Colorado concerning legalizing marijuana. But so far, there has been no definitive statements. Yesterday I saw that the former DEA wrote a letter to Holder encouraging him to publicly oppose the measures as he did with prop 19. As he put it:
To continue to remain silent conveys to the American public and the global community a tacit acceptance of these dangerous initiatives.
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link: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/sep/10/former_dea_heads_urge_holder_opp

So what's up? Does Obama not want to risk alienating more voters? From the polls I've seen, the Colorado and Washington measures have a good chance of passing. Especially Washington. The poll I saw today put support at 57% with undecided at 9%. That's the highest I've seen for any legalization effort so far.

I have to admit that I'm hoping for a big fed crackdown. I want to see this issue blow up and become a factor in elections to comes.
 
desert dude

desert dude

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bedspirit said:
I keep waiting for some warning from the federal government to Washington, Oregon, and Colorado concerning legalizing marijuana. But so far, there has been no definitive statements. Yesterday I saw that the former DEA wrote a letter to Holder encouraging him to publicly oppose the measures as he did with prop 19. As he put it:

link: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/sep/10/former_dea_heads_urge_holder_opp

So what's up? Does Obama not want to risk alienating more voters? From the polls I've seen, the Colorado and Washington measures have a good chance of passing. Especially Washington. The poll I saw today put support at 57% with undecided at 9%. That's the highest I've seen for any legalization effort so far.

I have to admit that I'm hoping for a big fed crackdown. I want to see this issue blow up and become a factor in elections to comes.
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I agree with you, except I don't care about the election. The states need this showdown with the feds. This is exactly how alcohol prohibition was ended, multiple states refused to cooperate with the feds in enforcing prohibition; that is exactly what the states should do with respect to cannabis.
 
C

ChesusRice

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desert dude said:
I agree with you, except I don't care about the election. The states need this showdown with the feds. This is exactly how alcohol prohibition was ended, multiple states refused to cooperate with the feds in enforcing prohibition; that is exactly what the states should do with respect to cannabis.
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Gawd damn you are incredibly stupid.
Prohibitiom was ended whem FDR became presidemt and "wet" senators were elected.
The main reasom for ending prohibition was a "jobs" program. There was no showdown with states and many states stayed dry for several years afterward

Let me rephrase it nicely

Gawd damn you are incredibly stupid
 
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