US President Barack Obama doesn’t support medical marijuana — for now. The White House made the announcement on Wednesday after being asked if Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s recent comments were enough to change the president’s stance on the issue.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked about the subject for the second day in a row. While he declined to answer on Tuesday, he was better prepared on Wednesday.
Earnest commented that the president doesn’t believe any changes to medical marijuana laws should be changed, reports Yahoo! News.
The federal government currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug along side LSD, heroin, ecstasy, methaqualone, and peyote. The classification means that the drug has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.â€
The DEA adds of the designation, “Schedule 1 drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence.â€
The Washington Post notes that the comments regarding Obama and medical marijuana come after Dr. Sanjay Gupta came out in favor of medical marijuana.
Gupta initially opposed the drug, but stated recently that his opinion on the subject has changed. Several states have also taken steps to legalize medical marijuana, while two have legalized it for recreational use as well.
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Whatever, O'Bummer
Posted by Mrs. Ratsrectum on Aug 22 2013
Way to go, O'Bummer. Keep driving the economy into the ground until cannabis is legalized. Just call off the federal dawgz. Holder, you passed the buck to your federal prosecutors. Hurry up about it!
