Don't laugh: I feel this issue is a very hot topic in the States right now. What with the economic crisis, thoughts have turned to a "bailout with pot," if you will. Even though Obama has more or less scoffed upon the legalization of marijuana for the general public, I feel that this debate in California is a step in the right direction.
A few weeks ago I watched the movie, "Super High Me" which was in no way an intellectual film, but informed me of the current drug "war" going on in the designated states that have legal medical marijuana cards and distribution locations for patients suffering from various ailments that they treat with a prescription for medical marijuana. However, many of these locations are suffering from local officers coming in and shutting them down, claiming that what they are doing is illegal, according to the Feds. All medications are then confiscated and the business must start from scratch, if they re-open at all.
I find it HIGHlarious that the Supreme Court rejected the appeals without a comment. And then went on to say that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. would "not devote great effort to prosecuting low-level marijuana cases." But to be perfectly honest, I think that a nation that has a "Controlled Substance Act" but then allows said substance to be distributed as medicine needs a bit of a fixer-upper.
Either way this ruling is a great step for patients that actually suffer greatly and have come to depend on marijuana to sustain a life worth living. And it paves the way for other states to accept marijuana as valid prescription instead of a dangerous "refer madness" narcotic.
So then, what next? We legalize marijuana state by state, until its nationwide, and everyone with a Dr. can get a "green-card"? That sounds a lot like legal pot to me. So why prolong the inevitable? I say Obama should spark one and get some green flowin'. Just sayin'.
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