Attorney General Holder Admits Obama Misled On Medical Marijuana

The Huffington Post reported a comment by Attorney General Holder that everyone who supports medical marijuana needs to hear...

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(WASHINGTON DC WeedBlog) - As many of you have heard by now, Jimmy Kimmel called Obama out on marijuana at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night.

Kimmel asked, “What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern? We will deplete the nation’s Funyun supply? Pot smokers vote too. Sometimes a week after the election, but they vote.”

Kimmel’s comments were funny, and of course it’s always good to see celebs bringing attention to the movement, but what happened off stage is tremendous news for the medical marijuana movement.

Last Thursday, I reported on Obama’s response to a question during a Rolling Stone interview on why his administration is cracking down on medical marijuana. Here is what he said:

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I can’t nullify congressional law. I can’t ask the Justice Department to say, ‘Ignore completely a federal law that’s on the books.’ What I can say is, ‘Use your prosecutorial discretion and properly prioritize your resources to go after things that are really doing folks damage.’ As a consequence, there haven’t been prosecutions of users of marijuana for medical purposes.

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Kimmel to Obama: What's With the Marijuana Crackdown?

The Huffington Post reported a comment by Attorney General Holder that everyone who supports medical marijuana needs to hear:

“Attorney General Eric Holder was a guest of The Huffington Post at the correspondents’ dinner. Before it began, a HuffPost reporter noted to Holder that Obama’s reference to “congressional law” was misleading because the executive branch could simply remove marijuana from its “schedule one” designation, thereby recognizing its medical use. ”That’s right,” Holder said. After Kimmel’s speech, a Holder deputy told HuffPost that there was no coordinated war on medical marijuana, but that some individual clinics were breaking both state and federal laws.”

Did I read that correctly? Did our Attorney General admit that Obama could stop the war raging over medical marijuana at any moment, and that Obama’s comments to the contrary in Rolling Stone were misleading? Folks, the time is now to demand that President Obama immediately direct Attorney General Eric Holder to reclassify cannabis, or that Attorney General Holder do it himself as the Controlled Substance Act allows. All of the excuses about the FDA, Congress, and the Institute of Medicine are smokescreens. Obama or Holder could end the war on medical marijuana at any moment. We’re talking about an action that over 70 percent of Americans support. What are you two waiting for? Just push the button already. AG Holder: roll yourself a fatty, walk into the Oval Office, light that sucker, pass it to Obama and ask him,”Are you in?”

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Anonymous April 30, 2012 11:07 am (Pacific time)

And give me a break..obama already uses judicial stuff to do anything he wants..He goes to war with Libya without congressional approval, etc etc..I have dozens of examples. Do not be fooled that obama cant do things because of the republicans, or because of this and that. He does anything he wants and gets away with it. If he can go to war against constitutional guidelines, he can legalize marijuana/drugs. If he can support TSA, he could do anything. IF he can give trillions to the bankers with our tax money, he can do anything..Like I said, I have dozens of examples. He could legalize marijuana in his sleep. He is OWNED!!! Ron Paul is our only answer.

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Anonymous April 30, 2012 10:58 am (Pacific time)

obama is a banker owned puppet, and if romney becomes president it will be the same. Yeesh, after clinton repealed the glass steagle act, to help the bankers, to let bush spend spend spend, and allowed obama to spend spend spend, they can destroy the economy while building a police state, continue their world empire building, and pay the media they own to demonize marijuana, while supporting pharma drugs such a oxycotin. Marijuana is illegal beause obama's owners, control the drug trafficking and dont want competition. Period. My big question is: why is HEMP ILLEGAL?? Please, someone answer that question for me. And if you answer is: too many resources needed to distinguish between hemp and marijuana, my answer is: then why do they have the resources for a USELESS TSA, guns given to IRS agents which they plan on hiring 16,000 more, or billions on 40 caliber ammunition etc, guns sent to mexico under fast and furious? Hemp legalization would help our economy, and ya cant get high on hemp..wake up and Ron Paul.

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