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Ask President Obama a Question - 1/30/2010 1:16:51 AM

Brain

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I guess this guy thinks he’s funny.

Obama Launches YouTube Forum on Legalizing Marijuana
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:25pm

Once again, the President wants to know what you think about marijuana policy. His latest online voting forum is sponsored by YouTube, and you can submit your questions about marijuana legalization either on video or in writing.

Participants are asked to focus their questions on how legalization will impact the following areas:………

Update: Just kidding. I'm pretty sure the forum isn't intended to discuss marijuana legalization exclusively. But you'd almost think it was, considering how many people have questions for the President about why our marijuana laws haven't been fixed yet. I wonder how many more of these online votes we have to dominate before we get a straight answer.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/jan/28/obama_launches_youtube_forum_on_

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Ask President Obama a Question

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The President will respond to your questions in a live YouTube interview at the White House on Monday, February 1st, at 1:45 p.m EST. Submit now, and vote often. The deadline is Sunday at 8 p.m. EST.

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RE: Ask President Obama a Question - 1/30/2010 7:31:57 AM

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OK, want a question and the topic is pot ?

Mr. President, when they initiated prohibition decades ago, why was it a Constitutional amendment and not accomplished by legislation or even executive order ?

Ken could probably field that one better than anyone in government today, but I don't think even he will be in here with any bright answers. Why an amendment ? The answer is simple to a simplton like me, but I am sure someone more well versed in legalese could give a much more winded answer, so I will yield the floor.

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RE: Ask President Obama a Question - 1/30/2010 10:01:17 AM

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Mr Obama, when will you finally send flowers and go out dancing?

(with Larry Sinclare)

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RE: Ask President Obama a Question - 1/30/2010 10:58:00 AM

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

OK, want a question and the topic is pot ?

Mr. President, when they initiated prohibition decades ago, why was it a Constitutional amendment and not accomplished by legislation or even executive order ?

Ken could probably field that one better than anyone in government today, but I don't think even he will be in here with any bright answers. Why an amendment ? The answer is simple to a simplton like me, but I am sure someone more well versed in legalese could give a much more winded answer, so I will yield the floor.

T

The 18th amendment was the result of a movement not dissimiliar to the anti abortion movement of today. The movement's leaders felt that simply banning the manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol across state lines was insufficient so a federal law was out. As they also didn't want people simply crossing state lines they also ruled out piece meal prohibition laws in the states. So the only way to give the federal government the power to ban alcohol production etc. nation wide was by constitutional amendment.

An interesting thing about prohibition as it relates to hemp, the Volstead Act, which implemented the ban set forth in the 18th, allowed production of alcohol for industrial purposes. Compare that to hemp where the intent seems to have been to go after the industrial uses by a very wide ban.

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