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White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta
    #18733341 - 08/20/13 05:44 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

WASHINGTON -- The White House declined to weigh in Tuesday on whether President Barack Obama has changed his position on medical marijuana use after the president's onetime choice for surgeon general, Sanjay Gupta, reversed his stance and apologized for misleading the public on the drug's effects.

During the daily press briefing, CQ-Roll Call reporter Steve Dennis asked White House spokesman Josh Earnest if the administration had any reaction to Gupta's Aug. 9 column, "Why I changed my mind on weed," in which Gupta explores the discrepancy between the Drug Enforcement Administration's classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug and scientific research demonstrating its benefits. Gupta, who serves as CNN's chief medical expert, not only apologized for dismissing the evidence from medical marijuana patients, but said he had concluded that marijuana has a low potential for abuse and "very legitimate medical applications."

Dennis also asked if Obama had personally been looking at the issue, given that national polls show rising support for marijuana legalization since he took office.

Earnest ducked the question, responding, "I have to confess I did not see the Sanjay Gupta column you're referring to, so it's hard for me to comment at this point."

The Obama administration has cracked down hard on medical marijuana, even in states that have legalized its use. A recent report found that this administration spent nearly $300 million on medical marijuana intervention through lawsuits, indictments and asset forfeiture attempts by the Justice Department. Over the past few years, the Internal Revenue Service has also targeted medical marijuana dispensaries, forcing many of them to the brink of closure, and largely ignoring the fact that many such businesses were in compliance with state laws.

But as the White House continues to wage war on pot, public opinion has shifted in the opposite direction. A HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted in April found that 51 percent of Americans said marijuana should be "legalized, taxed and regulated like alcohol." An earlier Pew Research Center survey also found majority support among Americans for marijuana legalization.

"It's baffling that the White House still seems so afraid to embrace this issue, particularly for an administration headed by a former marijuana enthusiast who repeatedly pledged during the 2008 campaign to put a stop to federal raids on state-legal providers," Tom Angell, co-founder of the pro-legalization website Marijuana Majority, told The Huffington Post in a statement. "Polls show that legalizing marijuana is a mainstream issue and that a super-majority of voters wants the feds to let states implement their own marijuana laws without harassment. There's almost no one clamoring for a continued federal crackdown, so I can't imagine why the president hasn't put a stop to it yet."

Obama has previously shown significant confidence in Gupta's medical expertise: As many observers recalled, the president reportedly offered him the post of surgeon general in 2009. Gupta then withdrew his name from consideration, citing his reluctance to give up his medical practice and be away from his family.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/obama-medical-marijuana_n_3786350.html?utm_hp_ref=politics


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: skatealex2] * 4
    #18733775 - 08/20/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I think it's kind of foolish to think Captain Dipshit will change his mind about something because a lesser dipshit did.


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: Absent Minded] * 2
    #18734150 - 08/20/13 08:28 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

For a guy who is open about toking hay back in the day, he's sure complying with a lot of congressional and judicial bullshit that works to keep that pot he used to be fond of from becoming legal. The guy's a pussy and he really seems to be trying to fit the "Uncle Tom" image that the white conservatives have stamped him with. You'd think being this is his second term he'd have a giant pair of brass balls and would be fighting for the shit he promised in order to get elected in the first place.


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: Absent Minded]
    #18734228 - 08/20/13 08:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I dont see how someone who admitted to smoking pot in the past is not concerned with how a small bag of it can put you in prison for the rest of your life.

He and his family have probably always had enough money and luck to not be in any real trouble, or else some sort of reform would be on his mind.

I mean how many people laughingly admit to smoking something that if possessed at the wrong place and time can ruin a life but have no concerns about it. I mean now that hes important enough to not get in trouble for it i can see hes just not caring about anyone :/


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: Chuckfinely]
    #18734520 - 08/20/13 09:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Chuckfinely said:
I dont see how someone who admitted to smoking pot in the past is not concerned with how a small bag of it can put you in prison for the rest of your life.

He and his family have probably always had enough money and luck to not be in any real trouble, or else some sort of reform would be on his mind.

I mean how many people laughingly admit to smoking something that if possessed at the wrong place and time can ruin a life but have no concerns about it. I mean now that hes important enough to not get in trouble for it i can see hes just not caring about anyone :/




He is a puppet dude... I can promise you that he doesn't give two shits about weed


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: skatealex2]
    #18735587 - 08/21/13 02:44 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

He'll do whatever he think the majority believe is right, and act like he was with them all along.


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Re: White House Won't Say If Obama's Medical Marijuana Stance May Be Swayed By Sanjay Gupta [Re: something cool]
    #18738622 - 08/21/13 04:58 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah, I mean, it's tough to say he doesn't have the right intention, but I think he also has a lot of stock in his ratings, which can steer people with influence in the wrong direction.


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