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From: The Independent Institute Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 Subject: Federal Drug Raids
Federal Law Enforcement Is Going to Pot
Like his predecessor George W. Bush, Barack Obama ran for office pledging to end the federal crackdowns on marijuana but while in the Oval Office has instead increased the number. There have been 170 SWAT raids of medical marijuana dispensaries since October 2009. The raids demonstrate the worth of campaign promises (no news there), but they also fly in the face of public opinion: 56 percent want pot to be treated like alcohol or tobacco and 74 percent (including two-thirds of registered Republicans) want the feds to respect state laws that allow medical marijuana, according to recent polls. It's about time that the nation's leaders heeded public opinion, Independent Institute Research Editor Anthony Gregory argues in his latest piece for the Huffington Post. READ MORE
• Is It the Beginning of the End for the War on Pot?, by Anthony Gregory (Huffington Post, 5/31/12)
• Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition, by Jeffrey Miron
Like his predecessor George W. Bush, Barack Obama ran for office pledging to end the federal crackdowns on marijuana but while in the Oval Office has instead increased the number. There have been 170 SWAT raids of medical marijuana dispensaries since October 2009. The raids demonstrate the worth of campaign promises (no news there), but they also fly in the face of public opinion: 56 percent want pot to be treated like alcohol or tobacco and 74 percent (including two-thirds of registered Republicans) want the feds to respect state laws that allow medical marijuana, according to recent polls. It's about time that the nation's leaders heeded public opinion, Independent Institute Research Editor Anthony Gregory argues in his latest piece for the Huffington Post. READ MORE
• Is It the Beginning of the End for the War on Pot?, by Anthony Gregory (Huffington Post, 5/31/12)
• Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition, by Jeffrey Miron
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