Only recently, with no more elections to fight for his party, has Obama started to tell interviewers that he wants softer treatment of a popular drug that shares Schedule I status with far deadlier substances like heroin and LSD. In an interview with Vice, after a semi-apologetic question from Shane Smith, Obama expressed optimism that marijuana could be reclassified.
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Trevor Gillmeister. Permalink: Shortlink: http://weedi.st/4wkKm
Obama also made it clear legalization is not a priority for him and that he thinks people need to focus on other subjects first, despite the fact innocent citizens are sitting in jail for a harmless plant and legalization would have a huge positive impact on our economy and provide non-toxic medicine to countless people.