Cannabis policy of the Obama administration

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During the presidency of Barack Obama, the government eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in U.S. states permitting cannabis use. [1] [2] [3] This also applies to the every other administration before him including the Nixon administration. [4]

In contrast, Time reported in 2012, "Two years [after his first year in office], the Obama Administration is cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries and growers just as harshly as the Administration of George W. Bush did." [5]

According to Jessica Bulman-Pozen and Gillian E. Metzger in 2016, "in declining to enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act with respect to marijuana offenses in Colorado and Washington, the [Obama] Administration has accommodated those states’ decisions to legalize recreational marijuana use." [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Barack Obama 'to overturn' Bush-era cannabis policy". Daily Telegraph. 2009-10-19. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ↑ "Obama: Marijuana Users Not High Priority". ABC News. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Sarah N. (January 4, 2018). "Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions". Reuters . Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Richard Nixon's resignation speech , retrieved 2023-08-17
  5. ↑ Scherer, Michael. "What Is President Obama's Problem With Medical Marijuana?". Time. ISSN   0040-781X . Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. ↑ Bulman-Pozen, Jessica; Metzger, Gillian E. (2016-07-01). "The President and the States: Patterns of Contestation and Collaboration under Obama". Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 46 (3): 308–336. doi: 10.1093/publius/pjw008 . ISSN   0048-5950.
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