Looks like we will not see weed legalized this election..
#10: Mitt Romney
The Republican presidential candidate believes pot should stay illegal.
“Marijuana is the entry drug for people trying to get kids hooked on drugs,” he said in New Hampshire in 2007.
“I'm not in favor of medical marijuana,”
“Aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about?”
Later, he tried to explain himself by saying it’s a “state issue.” Well… not exactly. Anyone who’s not clueless about it knows that the biggest problem for states legalizing medical marijuana is that cannabis is still a crime under federal law.
#11: President Barack Obama
Like many of us who grew up in the 1970s, Barack Obama enjoyed weed, but like so many other politicians, Obama’s stance changed as he pursued higher office.
“the word ‘legalization’ is not in our vocabulary.”
Obama won’t come out and say why he thinks pot should stay illegal.
Perhaps the most damning fact about Barack Obama is that his administration has indicted more than 100 people for distributing medical marijuana—and not prosecuted a single major Wall Street executive for fraud.
[original article can be found here - Alternet]
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