The Obama administration's medical marijuana policy
Why is it considered so controversial for the U.S. government to enforce its own laws? Stephen Gutwillig and Scott Imler discuss President Obama's decision to suspend DEA raids on medical marijuana dispensaries.
March 6, 2009
Dust-Up
Medical marijuana in California: a history
Today's topic: Have California's efforts to legalize and regulate medical marijuana -- including Proposition 215, the 1996 voter initiative -- been successful? Scott Imler and Stephen Gutwillig will finish their discussion on Monday.
March 5, 2009
Dust-Up
A fleeting change in pot policy?
Today's topic: Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. has said federal drug officers will end their raids on pot dispensaries in California, where medical marijuana is legal. But this is only the Obama administration's policy, and the next president could just as easily resume Drug Enforcement Administration raids. Is there a way for the feds to address this issue that doesn't subject states and medical marijuana users to the political leanings of different administrations?
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