It is now a well-known fact that the federal government still deems marijuana in all forms. It is also known that select states have legalized marijuana recreationally and medically. This has led to various issues between feds and states over the last couple of years. In order to try to resolve this issue, The Obama Administration has issued some limited policy changes that have yielded less issues in states that have legalized the plant.
Despite this, there are still many more issues that need to be touched upon. Even so, things could be much worse. The Obama Administration at least has been open to legalization by the states given that issues are mitigated. One member of the cabinet, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, made this clear a week ago when she was interviewed by NBC. Here is a section from article that activist Tom Angell posted on Marijuana.com:
“The nation’s top cop thinks states should be allowed to legalize marijuana, but believes the federal government has a role to play in keeping cannabis away from kids and stopping interstate trafficking in the drug.
‘I think states have to make those decisions on their own. They listen to their citizens and they take actions,’ said Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday. ‘What we have said and what we continue to say is that states have to also have a system designed to, number one, mitigate violence associated with their marijuana industries. And number two, and perhaps most importantly, keep young people, children away from the products.’”
This statement definitely simplifies the position of the Obama Administration when it comes to marijuana. There is definitely much that may be done on the federal government’s support of marijuana prohibition in states that have the criteria mentioned by the AG. For instance, Oregon fits the criteria but the federal government still spends hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to get rid of marijuana. What the Obama Administration needs to do next is to do something that will last longer. There are fears that the next president will change laws quickly and up to this point, it has been very possible.
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