The New President of the United States..Barack Obama

[VapedG13]

the taxes and rev raised from legalization not just for medical reasons....but the legalization of the plant itself..... would give the U.S. economy a nice kick in the ass:thumbsup:

might as well do the same with prostitution.........Amsterdam....US style

[Gatekeeper777]

I think if congress or anyone in the Senate wanted MJ to be decriminalized or leagleize they would have done so by attaching the bill as a rider to a bill that they knew Bush would most certainly sign, And when He does it would be law too. thats how you get the fabled 700 page bill in Washington. 1 bill with 200 riders attached. When the first bill is signed they all are law. They "RODE" in on the first bill.
No one did that because they were fearful of federal ridicule.
You states that have it leagleized should ask your congress to draft a bill for total medical MJ use nationwide or better yet desciminalization, as your stsates allow it by the peoples demand there for your congress people have nothing to loose. Where as oour are fearful of ridicule and bieng voted out!

[Incubus89]

I'm not surprised at all, money is what makes the world go round, and Obama did not pull any punches as far as advertising and campaign funding go, and our economy is in a shithole. Our economical state was crucial to the victory of Obama, and Barack capitalized on this political opportunity.

Marijuana decriminalization, however, is not any closer than it once was. "Our" victory will lie in the hands of the new elected officials in congress. Marijuana advocates must realize that meer INFORMATION is our foundation for future success. If we inform our public, that also counts as informing and/or persuading those who are in office to pass our bills in the first place.

I would disagree that marijuana decriminalization is not closer than it once was. I think it DEFINITELY is closer after this election:

At least 254 Democrats (8 races still up in the air) will take office in the House of Reps.; 218 seats are needed for a majority. The current decriminalization bill in the House (HR 5843 Congressman Barney Frank - Representing the 4th District of Massachusetts), backed by Mass. congressman Barney Frank, is far more likely to be recognized and gain momentum in a Democratic House. Not only that, liberal-leaning Democrats are far more likely to vote in favor of the bill than conservative Republicans.

The Senate is projected to have anywhere from 56 to 60 Democrats at this point. 4 races are still being tallied.

Additionally, the President ultimately passes or vetoes the bill. Obama is way more likely to sign and pass such a decriminalization bill than Senator McCain would have been.

So, politically, the framework is set. If the people and organizations in favor of decrim. can step up, which I believe they are beginning to do (represented most recently by Mass. victory and Mich. MMJ victory), Representatives and Senators will begin notice the public's call for less stringent, more effective, and more progressive marijuana legislation. :rastasmoke:

[FreeDaHerb]

I would literally cry if we got national decrim...and I would be a very happy man for more reasons that one. hehehe

[boaz]

i'm a white guy but now that we have an African American pres i feel a bit more at ease when i say to the power that are about to be . . . it is time for the man to just back off! :rastasmoke: stop waging "war" against peaceful cannabis consuming Americans. no maz. por favor.

[MPLSweedman]

neither obama or mccain ever plans on legalizing or decriminalizing. obama has stated in the past he is against the prosecution of MMJ patients, but that doesnt help much