LEAP Responds To White House: Pot More Popular Than Obama

More popular than Obama, well that's not saying much.

Obama is being Wolfowitzed on this issue. WRONG!!!

I got this email and what a crock of crap.... I am black and I cannot support this clown anymore. Why even put the petition online if you were just going to ignore it? The study should also compare it to alcohol, fatty foods, and High Fructose corn syrup....diabetes anyone?

The swine running this country must be stopped. They care nothing for what the people want. Vote the bums out. This is not the country I learned about when I was back in school.

I apologize to all people with learning disabilities and their families for my last rant. But those thugs bring out the worst in me.
Thanx Anonmaly for your post.

If President Obama came out and said he was for legalization, the retardicans would have a field day. Those dirty,hypocritial,souless,no good,punchworthy,slimey snakes would have all the arrows in their quiver they would ever need to make the pres. appear baaaad for the the country. Sorry, but I HATE those f*@%)!* retards.
FREE THE WEED!

Expecting this white house to do the right thing for the right reason on any issue is an exercise in futility. Mr. Obama has shown that he is basically one more in a line of mediocre leaders. Anyone who had hoped that he had the balls to lead systemic change like Lincoln or FDR has had a rude awakening. This president is only a slightly improved version of the losers occupying the white house since 1980, he'll probably get re-elected but his re-election isn't going to improve the lives of too many people. Perhaps when these "American Exceptionalists" understand how incredibly complicit they are in theft of our children and grandchildren's futures the might start dealing with reality. These intellects have not figured out you can't win a war against an idea, you can't win a war against a tactic, and you can't win a war against natural human behavior. Until then I expect nothing more than continued intellectual gymnastics to justify raping the planet, subjecting more and more of humanity to poverty, hunger and incarceration.

Official White House Response to
Legalize and Regulate Marijuana in a Manner Similar to Alcohol. and 7 other petitions .What We Have to Say About Legalizing Marijuana
By: Gil Kerlikowske

When the President took office, he directed all of his policymakers to develop policies based on science and research, not ideology or politics. So our concern about marijuana is based on what the science tells us about the drug's effects.

According to scientists at the National Institutes of Health- the world's largest source of drug abuse research - marijuana use is associated with addiction, respiratory disease, and cognitive impairment. We know from an array of treatment admission information and Federal data that marijuana use is a significant source for voluntary drug treatment admissions and visits to emergency rooms. Studies also reveal that marijuana potency has almost tripled over the past 20 years, raising serious concerns about what this means for public health – especially among young people who use the drug because research shows their brains continue to develop well into their 20's. Simply put, it is not a benign drug.

Like many, we are interested in the potential marijuana may have in providing relief to individuals diagnosed with certain serious illnesses. That is why we ardently support ongoing research into determining what components of the marijuana plant can be used as medicine. To date, however, neither the FDA nor the Institute of Medicine have found smoked marijuana to meet the modern standard for safe or effective medicine for any condition.

As a former police chief, I recognize we are not going to arrest our way out of the problem. We also recognize that legalizing marijuana would not provide the answer to any of the health, social, youth education, criminal justice, and community quality of life challenges associated with drug use.

That is why the President's National Drug Control Strategy is balanced and comprehensive, emphasizing prevention and treatment while at the same time supporting innovative law enforcement efforts that protect public safety and disrupt the supply of drugs entering our communities. Preventing drug use is the most cost-effective way to reduce drug use and its consequences in America. And, as we've seen in our work through community coalitions across the country, this approach works in making communities healthier and safer. We're also focused on expanding access to drug treatment for addicts. Treatment works. In fact, millions of Americans are in successful recovery for drug and alcoholism today. And through our work with innovative drug courts across the Nation, we are improving our criminal justice system to divert non-violent offenders into treatment.

Our commitment to a balanced approach to drug control is real. This last fiscal year alone, the Federal Government spent over $10 billion on drug education and treatment programs compared to just over $9 billion on drug related law enforcement in the U.S.

Thank you for making your voice heard. I encourage you to take a moment to read about the President's approach to drug control to learn more.

Resources:

•National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
•Marijuana Facts (ONDCP)
•Drug Abuse Warning Network (HHS)
•Treatment Episode Data Set (HHS)
•National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS)
•Monitoring the Future Survey, University of Michigan
Gil Kerlikowske is Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Here is the LAme Ass responce to over 150,000 signitures to legalize Marijuana and over 50% of the nation saying they want legilization now.
Please reply in kind.
Notice who wrote this excuse for toilet paper responce Gil Kerfuckle Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy protecting his bullshit job by siting propoganda from a research group who gets paid to talk shit about marijuana they wont even allow research into the benificial effects of maijuana just its so called negitive effects which cannot be duplicated under controlled experimant as is really demanded of scientific teories that pass mustard. and notice how legilization of merijuana became drug use because it is imposible for these assholes to stay on subject (probably drinking too much) and I love the note about the progress they have made against alcoholism a substance with no medical value and still legal as shit. if they are so concerned about addiction why can't they treat the addics and leave the rest of us the fuck alone?! they seem to be doing a fine job running alcohol how bout that just legalize and tax marijuana and open a bunch of not for profits to take care of those who claim to be pot addics, my guess is they will be out of business in a month.

Free the weed-end the greed.

Man I wish weed was legal, so I could smoke again! It's been way to long.

Look folks Big Corp is making to much money from it being illegal than they would makeing it legal. You have to look at the war on drugs and the prison system. Then you also have all the fines and court cost that they are getting. Plus Big Pharm would lose billions because it will do the work of just about any pill big pharm is pushing. there is a whole lot rideing on it staying illegal.

I'm thinking if I'm president.... I got people protesting in the streets across the nation, marijuana is more popular than me...

Let's see, pot = chilled out people who want to listen to Led Zeppelin & PInk Floyd....

Would maybe settle a good portion of people with serious grievances down a little..

What kind of ________ president would want to continue down this road of FAILED prohibition?