As The Huffington Post explains:
On Monday, politics columnist and KHOW talk-show host David Sirota, filed a petition through the Obama administration’s “We the People” program on the White House website requesting the president support a federal law to protect marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington and any other states that decide to pass similar laws in the future…
…Less than 24 hours since Sirota started the petition it has nearly 10,000 signatures, but the petition needs a total 25,000 to reach its goal. Read the full petition here.
The congressional proposal that Sirota references is regarding the proposed legislation that Colorado Reps Diana DeGette (CD1), Ed Perlmutter (CD7) and Jared Polis (CD2) are working on independently and together that would exempt states that pass marijuana legalization legislation from the federal Controlled Substances Act, The Colorado Independent reported over the weekend.
Here’s the link for the petition. Last week’s election results have put Colorado front and center on the marijuana legalization fight.
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The fiscal cliff,the economy, losing CIA Director Patraus, long term budget plans, Medicare, Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, the war in Afganistan, maybe losing that General via Patraus’s woman problems, the list is endless. Marijuana legalization is at the bottom of my list. Leave him alone.
but the administration can deal with pot issues at the same time they deal with all you list and more. OTOH, I would not want Senators Rand, McConnell et al to be able to say “He had all this and yet the first thing he took on was pot” This issue though does have some immediacy to it as CO, WA try to implement rules and follow voter wishes. Even MMJ here, CA, AZ and other places can be made more hassle free if the fed acts
I signed the petition. Also, relieved of the awesome responsibilities of protecting society from someone smoking a joint, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, can investigate and prosecute the financial crooks who destroyed our economy.
. . . either that, or you could be high?
Usually, the White House lets the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) respond to any marijuana-related petitions on its “We the People” site. And, by statute, it’s the ONDCP’s job to speak sideways:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O…
I’m devastated. I feel numb, just like I felt when my mother told me there was no Santa Claus. (ok, so I was 14 at the time, but it was still a shocker).
. . . maybe your mama lied.
It’s the law.
Just checked. Ten signatures over the 25,000 needed.
Now, we’ll find out how some minion in the Drug Czar’s office responds in a few weeks.