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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 10:05 PM
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Barack Obama, drug warrior.
I can't remember ever agreeing with the right-wing SF Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders, but here is one column I cannot dispute.

Obama's war on pot is sickening. He has lost me, and many others that I know, due to this insane policy that he is pursuing. War on pot? Give me a fucking break!

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President Obama has become quite the drug warrior.

Last month, his Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a memo that stated that it is unlawful for anyone with a state-issued medical marijuana card to possess a gun or ammunition. This month, four U.S. attorneys in California announced that they are escalating prosecution of medical marijuana clubs by going after the assets of their landlords and property owners.

As a senator and presidential candidate, Obama supported states' rights on medical marijuana. In 2008, campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told me Obama "believes that states and local governments are best positioned to strike the balance between making sure that these policies are not abused for recreational drug use and making sure that doctors and their patients can safely access pain relief."
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/14/IN621LH11D.DTL#ixzz1auUgGBOO


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The Gunslinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 10:08 PM
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1. Hell the world would be safer if you had to use medical Marajuana
if you owned a gun.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 10:24 PM
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3. I'm pissed off that I will be prevented from buying a gun.
I got rid of a bunch of weapons years ago when California banned assault rifles. I want to buy some guns again, but because I have a medicinal pot card, i won't be able to do so? What a load of bullshit!

Obama has lost it, and he has lost me (and everyone I know). I don't give a fuck if Sarah Palin or fucking Charlie Manson becomes president. I'm over it. I'm fucking done.













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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 10:21 PM
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2. K&R to zero.... Let's stop interfering with people's medically wishes..
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