Feb 10, 2009
Last week the Washington Times reported that the Obama administration had reaffirmed the president's position that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state medical marijuana laws and expected departments to reevaluate their policies in light of that position -- signaling a death knell for Drug Enforcement Administration medical marijuana raids.
A particularly antediluvian group of prohibitionists called "Save Our Society From Drugs" is now sounding the alarm, urging their supporters to write President Obama in support of continued arrests. As usual with such groups, they never let mere facts get in the way of their argument, lacing their appeal which such whoppers as the claim that "no credible and replicable scientific evidence exists as to the medical efficacy" of marijuana.
Interestingly, SOS doesn't trust its people enough to let them modify the prewritten e-mail text they provide. If you want to support President Obama's stand, the White House Web site provides both a link to send e-mail messages as well as phone numbers.