Holder: Glad To Work With Congress To Reschedule

[trix]

Washington, D.C. -- The Obama administration would be willing to work with Congress if lawmakers want to take marijuana off the list of what the federal government considers the most dangerous drugs, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.

"We'd be more than glad to work with Congress if there is a desire to look at and reexamine how the drug is scheduled, as I said there is a great degree of expertise that exists in Congress," Holder said during a House Appropriations Committee hearing. "It is something that ultimately Congress would have to change, and I think that our administration would be glad to work with Congress if such a proposal were made."

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[t-pain]

kind of a moo poo answer but 'its all part of the plan' so ... YAY FOR THE PLAN!

 

we got 2 years to legalize it federally or we're screwed.

[cristinew]

 I said there is a great degree of expertise that exists in Congress, HMMMMMMMM  Who could that be 

[MiMedical]

I bet this is their answer back for that law suit they were threatening to bring against Obama's administration.... Maybe

[t-pain]

first congress has to pass a law that says they are allowed to file a lawsuit against obama.

 

this could be a 'cover your donkey' kind of play. 

obama: well we TRIED working with congress on marijuana

obama: in the end we just had to deschedule marijuana because congress inaction was causing harm to 700,000 people every year over a plant.

 

or it could be a 'shutup hippies, i'm not going to do it' kind of play.

 

so many mixed messages. one hand you have ONDCP , DEA, FDA, NIH all against it, then you have obama admin forcing ptsd research, softening? DOJ enforcement in WA and CO, but DEA head still going at it full bore. obama saying he doesnt want to help marijuana but at the same time says he wants to pardon crack cocaine prisoners. how can you ignore marijuana posession prisoners but go for crack cocaine posession prisoners?

 

i guess crack has worse mandatory minimums than marijuana but wow thats stark.

 

obama could be doing the long game

people: why didnt you deschedule marijuana when you first came into office?

obama: well we didnt know what would happen, if crime would increase or DUI or whatever

obama: but after WA and CO and nothing bad happened, we could tell it was the right thing to do.

 

look thats my hope ok, dont ruin my hope

 

2 years people, we have 2 years to legalize federally. 2016...