At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker. NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano writes a*critical*assessment of the current administration’s preoccupation with interfering in state marijuana reform efforts on AlterNet: Broken promises are nothing new in Washington, DC. Yet even by the Beltway’s jaded standards, President Obama’s role reversal from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker is remarkable. Indeed, the man who*once pledged*on the campaign trail that he was “not going to [...]

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