[Editor’s note: The infamous Chinese animators at New Media Animation (NMA) poke some good fun at America’s first known cannabis connoisseur president, ‘Barry’ Obama. Watch animation here.]
New insight into the early life of Barack Obama has been recently made available in the form of excerpts from the forthcoming biography, “Barack Obama: The Story.” Apparently young Barry Obama, like countless of his contemporaries, enjoyed partaking in the use of marijuana. The president even was a trendsetter amongst his peers:
As a member of the Choom Gang, Barry Obama was known for starting a few pot-smoking trends. The first was called “TA,” short for “total absorption.”
Along with TA, Barry popularized the concept of “roof hits”: when they were chooming in the car all the windows had to be rolled up so no smoke blew out and went to waste; when the pot was gone, they tilted their heads back and sucked in the last bit of smoke from the ceiling.
He also was unafraid to go against proper smoking protocol:
Barry also had a knack for interceptions. When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted “Intercepted!,” and took an extra hit. No one seemed to mind.
What is clear from these anecdotes is that not only did Barry Obama try cannabis, but he was what many would refer to as a recreational user, a “stoner” if you will. Which begs the question, when exactly did Barry Obama, who participated in three foot bong hitting contests, become President Barack Obama, who laughs off the issue at town hall meetings, oversees the annual arrest of 850,000 Americans for marijuana violations, and ramps up the war against medical marijuana to new heights?
It is time the President says publicly what he already knows personally: Responsible marijuana use should not be a crime and it is time we put an end to the war on cannabis consumers.
Read more marijuana related excerpts here.
I think President Obama would love to be the President who legalizes marijuana if he believed it were politically feasible. It’s up to us to make the environment one in where being pro marijuana legalization is not only politically possible but a political necessity.
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The worst thing we can do is sit at home and let Romney win (and nominate more far right wing judges.) This is not going to be a war we win this year… we need to be smart and look at the long term repercussions of what we do.
I wish Barack would let his inner Barry out. After reading this story, I like him even more. I’ve always thought he is more human than Romney and this story makes him even more human. I love it!
@Obama 2012 ^ EXACTLY. Lets be a little more practical pot heads.
@ “Obama 2012” ….really? “politically feasible” …how is it not? Oh, because the dirty politicians dont want to throw up the white flag and admit to being wrong. Why shouldnt we just let Romney win? Look at Obamas policies, and look at Romneys, they are identical. I mean, they are both backed by the same Goldman Sachs money…
we need to stop electing frauds and, yes, look at the long term repercussions of what we do by electing these frauds into office.
doesnt anyone like Liberty anymore?
@ barbara – “more human”? is that how you pick your president?? stop watching foxnews and cnn.
I think Obama 2010 is right. He’s not ramping up anything of the sort; he simply can’t legalize marijuana because of the ignorance of the American people and Congress. He simply laughs about it because it is somewhat of a comical idea. When the current young generation becomes the rulers of America, weed will be legal. It’s just going to take some time.
” After reading this story, I like him even more. ”
Even though he fully authorizes tossing people in jail and ruining their businesses over the same thing?
“if he believed it were politically feasible.”
Marijuana legalization is politically feasible. About 56% of Americans favor legalization.
I’ll be writing in/voting for Ron Paul in November no matter what. He’s the only candidate that has consistently been in favor of the legalization of marijuana. Even since the ’80s.
Well of course the president was an avid pot smoker. I guarantee that atleast 60% of the country was an avid pot smoker at one time or another. And of course he won’t address it publicly, its an election year and with all the “conservatives” that are in running for offices, it looks like it’d be a politcal flush down the toilet for him to address it. Corporate donors and big $$ donors would potentially drop out yada yada yada…just sayin that’s prolly the thinking behind the avoidance to the issue. I’m not a party person or anything but if romney gets the rep nomination, then im voting obama because if we get highly “conservative” people on the hill, marijuana reform will be impossible. we need a candidate who is non partisan…a candidate who uses logic rather than faith and financial influence to make law-like decisions. what sucks is i would LOVE to run for prez as an independant, solely for the opportunity to stop bickering in congress and in global relations talks. it is baloney that big wigs that get the most people to give them the most money based on their faith(s)(no offense to anyone) can get into office but the average american joe who actually has GOOD ideas and solutions to the country’s problems doesnt have a shot to get into office. whats worse is that even the average american joe with good ideas can’t express them to their representatives for serious consideration. you receive a dear john automated response that comes with a big middle finger and a big “f@#& you, we dont really care about what you think cause we’re out for ourselves.”
Haha cmon NORML, pick me if you wanna help sponser a candidate for the US prez 🙂 i’ll help marijuana law reform and fairness, no problem and i’ll do it by being, gonna shock ya, HONEST!
–Hettie G.
BUNCHA MORONS
Don’t be so foolish. Ron Paul or Garry Johnson would be much better than Obomney.
The major difference between Obama and the scores of people incarcerated for marijuana “crimes” is Obama never got caught. Had he gotten arrested and been incarcerated for his youthful marijuana use, it’s safe to say he probably wouldn’t be president today. How many promising young students’ dreams have to be destroyed by having a drug conviction on their records before this nation and its so called leaders wake up to how destructive and utterly absurd out marijuana laws are?
Ron Paul 2012!!
The headline (as well as the premise of this article) is misleading since the president has little control over the existing policies and activities of law enforcement. Obama himself doesn’t actively perpetuate and enforce prohibition of marijuana, he has merely done nothing to speak out in favor of repealing the war on weed. He is capable of doing it, but it would likely cost him the election if he addresses the issue before his second term is confirmed. He probably also just wants to get the more important legislation (like healthcare, education and economic reform) done first before something as arguably frivolous as “freeing Mary Jane.” =)
[Paul Armentano responds: “He is capable of doing it, but it would likely cost him the election if he addresses the issue before his second term is confirmed.” And you substantiate this belief how? According to the most recent nationwide Msson-Dixon poll, 74 percent of respondents – including 67 percent of self-identified Republicans – believe that the Obama administration should “respect the medical marijuana laws” in those states that have legalized its use, cultivation, and distribution. According to this week’s nationwide Rasmussen Poll, nearly six out of ten American voters believe that the personal use of marijuana should no longer be a criminal offense, and 56 percent of Americans say that the substance ought to be legalized like alcohol. So why would anyone think that Obama speaking in favor of marijuana law reform would decrease his support? Doing so would actually put his position in line with the public’s existing sentiment.]
@Ron Paul 2012 re your comment to @barbara:
Shut the hell up!
I wonder if “Barry” and his pal Bill Clinton in fact DID inhale.
What would actually get him to respond about this issue. He has completely ignored everything we have tried so far. So seriously, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET HIS ATTENTION?
Barry is a fake. Gary Johnson 2012!
Lmao I dont think anyone has realized that his intials are BHO
I really think we need a good explanation from Obama as to how much better his life would be today if him and the rest of the Choom gang were rounded up and prosecuted to the full extent of federal and state law for their actions.Which begs the question, what state was he in during all these “crimes?”
Ron Paul supports legalization, he is actually winning several hundred delegates, no to Obomney. Ron Paul 2012! Vote for liberty. Destroy the establishment.
if you dont know the difference between smoking pot and being a pot head, well then….
@Obama2012, I love the way you think and I agree completely…..BUT the problem is the money, the people with the money will never let marijuana become legal because they make too much money on all the poison/medicine they create. Marijuana could be almost free, we could grow it ourselves, BUT how will the people with the money make money then? Move to a friendly state! Yes we have to be smart and keep working on it but honestly, I dont see the Goldman Sachs of the world ever letting it be legal. If you want to know the truth check out http://www.thrivemovement.com
Obama went beyond being a hypocrite when he appointed Michele Leonhart as DEA head administrator.
There is no hope for Obama’s second term redemption when he has already sold his soul to organized crime’s support in big government.
Care about your freedom and liberty and not the federal government’s. VOTE!
Ok, Heshrialites, all we need to do is have all the MJ users pool their money into 1 lobby fund, put a positive spin on it/show the harm having it illegal does, and we’ll buy off the politicians favor like all the other special interests/lobbiers do. For one month, everyone just buy the cheapest MJ, send in the difference, and we’re funded!
Obama could see to it that cannabis prohibition is a victim of the automatic cuts that are effective in January 2013. He would need to get the party line on it, and he’d have to get John Boehner to let it happen in his party.
REALLY?! SERIOUSLY?!
All of you apologists need to get your heads out of your asses! This doesn’t humanize Obama or make him “More like us”. It’s just another disgusting example of hypocrisy and underscores the reality of authoritarianism in our country; Those with power, both political & financial, write the rules but are never beholden to them.
Will you Ron Paul idiots get a clue. It ain’t gonna happen!!!
OK, sure Barry was a stoner….little rerason for his dismal running of the Country or his reelection…
When did the president get the power to ignore the Senate and the House of Representatives and do as he will???
Raise and lower gas prices…
^^^ I think that is exactly right Obama has already shown he is not nice to the “medical marijuana” industry. Its one thing to keep it status quo but we know him to be the worst President on medical marijuana since Bush Sr.
Also polls already show that support for some sort of marijuana legislation is above the 50% mark nation wide. While we currently have 17 and the District of Columbia (or capital) with some fore medical marijuana legislation on the books.
well most of us norml (haha, normal lol) people of course see he could/would benefit by outwardly supporting marijuana as well as ending the war on drugs, but political people want to mind the p’s and q’s about everything in fear of damaging their campaign. I think the real argument to be made for marijuana reform shouldn’t begin with medicinal marijuana(while that is a good place to start), because then you have your nay-sayers that throw out claims the people who are prescribed marijuana for illnesses “can be diagnosed with “silly” symptoms just to receive it” i.e. migranes,pain, etc…anythign that can be “fixed” with over the counter meds. i think a better vantage point would be from an economic standpoint for full legalization. everyone is mad about the economy. it affects everyone and everyone uses it as a reason to some problem/issue they have run into at one time or another. perhaps trying for full legalization with economic basis would get us further. i.e. chepaer paper products, less soil erosion, alternative fuel/energy resources, faster renewability(grow time), job creation(trucking, cultivation, research, etc) taxable permits to grow/cultivate for home and/or business use, overcrowded prison decline to allocate more of the state/fed funds collected from taxes to pay for other state/fed problems, crime decrease(less $$spent) and not to mention the taxation on the product itself…i think if you really want to try and make the powers that be’s ear perk a little bit, start talkin $$ and how much they can save and how much they could accrue through taxes, etc. start sending the fiscal argument and pull up potential #’s and it will get more attention across the country…
when i speak about marijuana law reform and regulation amongst my peers, i always begin with one statement…
“If the government would just legalize and regulate marijuana, we could -literally- GROW ourselves(USA) out of debt!”
When Obama was a young man he was not accepting money from Big Rx and the alcohol lobby. Now that he is, he has to do their bidding.
Gary Johnson/Jim Grey 2012!
Obama has not made any effort to curb the arrests of marijuana users (seemingly, even in spite of his ‘states can moderate their own medicinal laws’ crap’
And, while we can all agree with a fellow toker-
to know that, not only was he doing ‘a little blow’ (which many of us, personally, understand is not the same thing as mj),
he has sat idly by while hundreds of thousands of lives were negatively impacted by laws prohibiting something that he probably does still.
Even if we take as a given that he has cleaned up his act-
he knows FOR CERTAIN that many lives are affected
– court costs
– lost jobs and prospects
– lives in Mexico where the REAL ‘drug war’tm is fought
I am sick of the man-
and like many I had HOPES at the start-
but that CHANGED when I saw his priorities-
– the self
– not the nation
One of the two political powerhouses (Rom or O) need to step up, as Ron Paul did
and end this mess-
and they need to mark all ‘possession / distribution’ crimes, where the SOLE infraction is marijuana, as CLEARED.
and get this nation in recovery.
Marijuana has killed ZERO
prohibition has killed MANY, not to mention incarceration.
again
I call BULLSHIT.
Vote Ron Paul 2012 if you want your liberal rights back
decriminalization sounds far better than legalizing / taxing. If the government taxed then state / city would tax it+retail markup. …a pack of joints would cost more than a les Paul or a masa boogie stack.
Medicine should be free.
To Lessbiased: Ignorance of the American public is exactly how this traiterous two faced idiot became POTUS. Wake up and get a clue…
Ron Paul is to old, My vote is for Obama.
If Obama wanted to, he could leagalize cannabis right now with an executive order.
Given that 56% of American’s want cannabis legalized, I beleive this is proof that he only does things that are only in HIS best interests instead of the country’s citizens.
Obama or Romney? We are sooooo screwed no matter what.
I Barry was all for-it? We would be on the corner;smokin a Fat-Ol-Boma:-}-‘No more “SPLEAF!”
Be patriotic support our troops ask Why our family of soldiers are committing suicide at a rate that has never been seen. PTSD! Our government supports Prohibition on a plant called Marijuana. I support alternate medicines for our family of soldiers 100%.
Don’t like medical, how about legalize it like alcohol ,yes so we can protect big pharma and keep up the fascade marijuana is a drug, F*ckin sellouts everywhere ;(
just a little bias?
In response to “When the current young generation becomes the rulers of America, weed will be legal” let me assure you that is not very likely. I’ve been waiting 45 years for “the next generation” to make it legal…and we are no closer than now than then.
you all have it wrong… he wont legalize it because the drug companies wont let him… And because he’s an asshole generally overall… Big Pharm wants to keep people hooked on opiates, so pot cant be legal… its that simple
One comment said …”when the young generation rules the country,marijuana will be legalized…” or something close to that. I hope it wont take that long. I’d like to supplement my retirement in some way, growing for a collective, or opening a dispensary, something. I’ve got about ten more years. So hurry up young folks!
This is all fake and is to get us stoners to vote for Obama. There is no proof. The joints in his hands look like cigarettes. I think it’s all propaganda.
this is obviously bull s**T.
blah blah pot not being legal has nothing to do with drug companies. it has do do with the fact that a lot of prisons would be closeing and visa and master card who run a great deal of them dont want that.
Marijuana won’t be legalized until we end the tyranny in Washington… The DEA is our “in” when it comes to invading other countries with our political ideas and beliefs… We went to Canada to lock up Marc Emery because he patented/sold seed while being an active participant in Marijuana legislation reform… He was a threat to their reign… Wake up people… Don’t let the Obamney Bank of the World win again… Demand a change in leadership and see it through… We’d all be bowing to Queen Elizabeth right now if our founders had given up this easily…
Money makes the President, Money makes a hypocrite. Feeling ashamed that I voted for him but damn proud I didn’t vote for the other.
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton advocated decriminalization after their presidency. Apparantly Barack Obama advocated lots of pot long before his presidency. What a hypocrite. What’s wrong with the guy, and why would he not pardon everyone and anyone arrested for any pot related action? On his first day in office, let alone now!
@Ron Paul I voted for you. I was a registered democrat and had to use a provisional ballot so I could vote for you. I had to keep telling the election volunteers “I want to vote for Ron Paul” they had to look in a book to find out how to let me vote for you. This got me wondering how many other democrats who wanted to vote for you, who did not push enough, to insist on voting for you. There are 2 other democrats I know this happened to, a cab driver and his friend; they told me that they turned them away and they could not vote or you because they were registered democrats. They were not aware of the provisional ballot. Why hasn’t anyone addressed this obvious glitch in our voting system? My 2 friends were very upset when I told them about the provisional ballot. they wanted to vote for you too.
I love you, you are the only honest, sensible choice we have. I am getting very scared for my country; with these knuckle-heads running it. You are the only one I want for my president.
@Monica how dare you tell Ron Paul to shut the hell up! You shut the hell up. You are and idiot.
Obama promised “change we can believe in.”
He didn’t say, “Oh, I mean SOME change, IF it doesn’t hurt me politically, WHEN I decide to get around to it.”
He’s had four years to show he keeps his word. He hasn’t – not in the least aspect.
We’re still at war in the Middle East, we’re still conducting a war on marijuana consumers, and the corporations/wealthy are still calling the shots.
Anyone who thinks Obama will suddenly change after being elected again is just deluding themselves.
Governor Gary Johnson is clearly the best presidential candidate. Not only did he save New Mexico from financial ruin, we was the primary force behind the implementation of that state’s medical marijuana program.
Even more importantly, Johnson is that rarest of politicians. He speaks the truth. What he says he will do, he does. It’s clear his primary concern is the well-being of EVERYONE.
Johnson says:
>>>”The parallels between drug policy today and Prohibition in the 1920’s are obvious, as are the lessons our nation learned. Prohibition was repealed because it made matters worse. Today, no one is trying to sell our kids bathtub gin in the schoolyard and micro-breweries aren’t protecting their turf with machine guns. It’s time to apply that thinking to marijuana. By making it a legal, regulated product, availability can be restricted, under-age use curtailed, enforcement/court/incarceration costs reduced, and the profit removed from a massive underground and criminal economy.
By managing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco – regulating, taxing and enforcing its lawful use – America will be better off. The billions saved on marijuana interdiction, along with the billions captured as legal revenue, can be redirected against the individuals committing real crimes against society.”
Gary Johnson really IS the change you can believe in.
http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/
To me Obama is about as much a stoner as Judas Iscariot was a Christian. It sickens me that Obama knowingly locks up thousands of people every year for a crime he was guilty of. And also, intercepting joints is a dick move and not surprising from a man as selfish and arrogant as Obama.
Furthermore, his administration’s raids are flat-out unconstitutional. The federal government has no right to intervene with intrastate trade and for someone who studied Constitutional Law, it means he’s aware of the law and blatantly ignores it. Further proof Obama is an evil man.
Obama or Romney this election? No, thank you, I’ll vote for Gary Johnson or Ron Paul(already got my vote in the NY primary)
As a person, I think Obama is a great man. He inspired a lot of people, including myself, the first time; and the people who voted for him believed him when he said he was going to end the wars, and torture, and create “Change” in America. This dream lasted for about a year and it seemed we had gotten little change; and instead of bringing peace by ending these wars of aggression he has continued and even increased the wars. He has been more effective than Bush in the war on terror to now include the American people, who now legally can be treated as enemy combatants. And we all know on this board how Obama has destroyed medical marijuana. A lot of people want to say as a President he has been a disaster. Some might say that Obama makes Bush Jr. look like an “amature.” But has he really failed the people?
HERE IS AN ALTERNATE EXPLANATION:
Berry had all these great ideas for the country and had a great plan for Washington before he became President. Once he got in he was briefed on the dire situation facing the country. Berry at first didn’t want to give it up for the fat cat bankers; but once he got in he was briefed on how important these major banks are to economic stability and price creation, that he had to get into bed with them and bail them out. Not only that, but Berry learned that he could not end the wars because if he did, it would crash the dollar because it would lose reserves currency status with oil countries going with an alternative currency. The world would worship this new oil money and dump the dollar. So Obama saved America by not ending the wars so that we would not have to pay $12.00 a gallon for gas or $27.00 a loaf of bread, when nobody had jobs because of the banking messes. O-man kept the country together by looking like a liar to the people wanting peace and change; yet he had to do it or we would be living in a Mad Max movie right now.
When Berry O. got to heath care he found that big pharma wanted him to do something about the emerging medical marijuana dispensary retail market that is strong competition for their dangerous products. In order to get the deal done Berry had to bend his promise of ‘change and science’ and go after the marijuana industry to get these big pharma parasites to go along with health care reform. But Berry has done his best to protect the patient by not busting them, just shutting down the open retail shops. When the marijuana community says that Obama is the worst, Berry feels hurt because he has allowed all the medical people to grow their own without interference. In Berry’s mind, he is a marijuana hero and has created landmark health care reform to boot. He thinks voting for him is a no brainer.
Recreational use is occasional or weekends, barry osama was clearly a very,very heavy user from what i am being led to believe in this article. In the 70s & 80s the low potency of pot made it very easy to smoke an ounce of pot a day between a few friends, every day. And i assure you all that pot smoking was not the only drug he used heavily.
Help us RON PAUL, YOUR OUR ONLY HELP. SKYRIDER.
Hi.
When Ron R made the war on terrorism act he put pot under the same law thats why its not legal today. they on the right refuse to change it because it would chop there heads off
Ron Paul is in it to win it. He is picking up mass amounts of delegates (so far the last I heard was the majority of 11 states, where the dust is finally starting to settle in states like Iowa, the first few states that voted), that the MSM fails to report. I wonder if it has to do with the people who heavily fund the media, AKA the special interest corporations, wallstreeters, and private bankers, who also heavily fund the establishment as well and are BANKRUPTING us.
Ron Paul has been 30+ year consistant, and voting according to the Constitution. You know, that one document that our country was founded upon and that EVERY politician has sworn an oath to defend and protect, from foreign AND domestic ‘terrorists’? I put that in quotes because the government likes to throw that word around loosely nowadays. He has voted against every bailout, every tax increase, and every Congressional pay increase, every time. He refuses to accept his Congressional Pension because he believes it would be immoral, and he refuses to accept his military pension as well because he says that the military helped him become a DOCTOR. Who by the way, never accepted medicare/medicaid from a patient, has worked as a physician before and after the government got involved in healthcare, he routinely lowered fees, and even worked for free for those without healthcare, a lot of them being minorities.
Don’t be fooled, there’s no difference between Obama and Romney. They have much of the same views – from warefare to welfare. The main difference between them style. They are both in support of bailouts, higher taxes, bigger government, pro-empire building, and more spending. Ron Paul is the only one fighting for We the People! He is not in it for the money, and his background/lifestyle will show you that. In order to judge a candidate you must look at what they have done throughout their ENTIRE lives. He is a modern day founding father. Also, didn’t the media say that Reagan was dangerous and unelectable as well? Do some in-depth research for a change!
I’m a ff/emt, and I personally do campaigning for Dr. Paul all over my state. My whole department supports Ron Paul. I find more Paul supporters than any other supporters. I only seen Ron Paul signs out and about, I’ve seen a couple Santorum signs, and no Romney or Obama signs yet. Paul has rallies comprising of thousands and thousands of people, whereas Mitt Romney can barely get 200. Look up youtube videos between their rallies.
Under Obama care it is legal just read it but he will have to change the war on terror act that the ron r did when he was there. The right will not let change because it is the fed gov that is not able to change it until he is in office again. Thats the bottom line
I hate these deceivers’ that say “oh that was back in college” or ‘That was what we did in the 70s”.. like the gap in time is an sufficient excuse for their metamorphosis into their present day justifications
.Another bullshit line is…”The pot is so much stronger now than it was back then” …Not Hawaiian..tropical weed has always been potent, probably just as strong as today’s indoor hydro, if not more.
Hawaii, is where Obama grew up and had these ‘nostalgic teen age experiences’ from these book excerpts) right?..
must have been nice.
The face of a real terrorist. The one who has arrested and ruined the lives of many. The hypocrite who told us that he would not interfere with state laws who could regulate their own laws on medicinal cannabis. If you read my page, there is a story about a drug paraphernalia raid in Idaho, which terrorized a young baby and a 12 year old OVER TOBACCO RELATED merchandise (advertised as water pipes) and Cannabis Literature (which makes you think what happened to freedom of speech and expression)? And another story where the DEA FORGOT a 24 year old UCSD student in A HOLDING CELL of a DEA building for FIVE DAYS, forced to drink his own urine for survival, almost committing suicide. The irony of that story is the victim found METHAMPHETAMINE in the cell.???? SHARE THIS STORY TO SAVE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m pretty sure I would have liked Barry Obama back in the day. It’s hard for me to imagine that person becoming the person he is now. Personally, I intend to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, unless Barrack, at a minimum, throws us a bone; like saying he’d like to see it legalized for adult use. Even if he can’t do it all by himself, I need to know he is on the correct side of this issue!
I wonder how his old stoner friends feel about him now.
Its funny how people say that Obama didnt do anything in the four years that he been in office. Obama is trying to correct the fuck up that Bush has done to US for the 8years that he was in office.
we need for one thing , to grow more support for the truth about cannabis folks…..what about you tube? why couldnt individuals make a short diddy on you tube explaining the REAL deal with regular users such
as ourselves?respectfully done,something the older folks could even appreciate, not to be stoned off our little asses and crackin ignorance but, honest otherwise, law abiding, family life/ work every day, pay our taxes and generally being responsible in this life.why couldnt we flood you tube with these vids…..how many people in this country STILL think cannabis consumers are a bunch of low life couch potatoes without a job….how many of you folks think you would loose your jobs if you did expose yourself to this?…is this a bad idea? someone bite…dammit…..we cannot depend on a president.he is but one man…we are many….someone say something……
Essentially, the same hypocrisy the plagued alcohol prohibition.
I have been waiting for this article to show up. Now getting this story to the main stream media – THAT will really be something!
Maybe Obama is letting his hardline position on cannabis sway more support for its legalisation. Then if he gets in again and the % of support gets better he might just admit that the laws are wrong
Can’t show any support now cause the reps would fry him on it.
Obama will legalize weed on Dec. 20, 2012.
The world will end Dec 21, 2012.
Ooops!
Sometimes as President…one must change the ‘Honey Do List’…hells bells I’d had really liked for that DEA to be sending agents into an early retirement. Just think…if those Birthers and Tea Partiers had just been spirited away by Space Aliens and the Teapot Partiers had lobbyists on K Street…’What a wonderful world this would be!’ Take Care…smok’em if you have them! ;)))
This story actually makes me sick. this guy, who prior to this all coming out” i believed was maybe a casual smoker, and to now find out he was just like any of us and still stands behind these laws that incarcerate our youth in droves…..I”m disgusted. I”m really disgusted by all this. what an actual hypocrite, I don’t care. I”m a democrat, but this is far too much for me. I will not vote for him again.
Since we are doing maybes…maybe he is protecting his family…marijuana is only big business if it is illegal and maybe that means that Hollywood is correct when they show organized crime and governments in bed with each other.
Gary Johnson is a self made millionaire…he is single…he climbs mountains…
…he appears to be a fearless (climbs mountains) man whose family cannot be threatened (doesn’t have one) who also does not appear to be a bought and paid for political riser (self made w/o cashing in the bonds Daddy got), (no ties to Chicago mob money).
Yep, voting for Gary Johnson…hope he wins and the PAC’s end up with nothing to show for all of their spending (money that could have been used to create jobs…guess that’s what those tax breaks for the wealthy are really doing).
Gary Johnson 2012
What alternative candidates can my Colorado house hold vote for? I know my mom is voting Mit because “She is mad” about medicinal herb being taken away (Protest vote) My Dad is voting for his dog “Princess” but I don’t want my vote to be waisted as I just turned 18. Do you just wright in Ron Paul or Schooby do or your cats name? I might vote green party, whats the guys name?
Perhaps it is time for a “SMOKE-OUT” at the Whitehouse, or at least as close as we can get to it.
Jeedi you are a moron your “alternate explanation” of obama’s presidency is total BS, a joke…
so much in fact makes me think that was meant AS a joke…
All I can say is get the feds to make it legal for the Vets and the rest will fall in place for the states to do what they need to do. That will change things.
To win the argument, we have to draw other societal parallels to the prohibition era but discuss them in arenas not related to cannabis, like draw a parallel to that era with this decade so it seems obvious to people what to do to solve many of our problems. Like how we did with FDR recently, or tried to, just do for the pres of that time.
obama is a truly evil, hippocritical failure as a person and as a president. he has taken our country down a slippery slope to ruin. only ron paul has a chance to save it. he is planning on bringing our troops home and letting states decide for themselve what their MJ policy will be. 850 thousand people go to prison every year for non-violent MJ offences. look at all those families being disrupted! for what? so big pharma can get richer? moms, dads, sisters, brothers,where the hell is the outrage? if every one of you affected family members would flood the congress and senate and failure-in chief with letters evertime a loved one was incaerated for pot, maybe they would take notice! or, if we got thousands to march on the white house WHILE SMOKING POT, maybe that would get things changed in our favor. they sure cant arrest us all…..
what it all boils down to is, they arent going to change our stupid pot laws willingly- its gonna take some forceful persuasion. or, just elect ron paul, and if your state dont want legal pot, vote with your feet.
peace.
LEAVE OBAMA ALONE!!!!!!!!!!……EVERYBODY WANTS TO HATE ON OBAMA WHEN NOBODY HAS A BETTER CANIDATE. AINT NOBODY ELSE DOIN SHIT ABOUT NOTHIN WE CARE ABOUT, YEAH, WE THE PEOPLE! WASNT THAT WHAT THIS COYUNTRY WAS FOUNED ON FREEDOM FROM A DICTATORSHIP TO A DEMOCRACY? I DONT UNDERSTAND ALL THAT ELECTORL VOTES AND ALL THAT BS IF THE MAJORITY WANT TO SMOKE WEED FOR WHAT EVER REASON THEY WANT AS LONG AS THIER NOT HURTING ANYONE OR BREAKING LAWS IT SHOULD BE TIER DECISION. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FREE COUNTRY. BUSH DUID NOTHING BUT FUCK UP FOR FOUR YEARS AND THEY GAVE HIM ANOTHER TRY OBAMAS TRYING ITS ONLY HIM AND THE REPUBICANS SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN WHITCH IS SOME MORE BS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR GOVERNMENT.ALL IM SAYING IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT WALK IN LIKE ALRIGHT MOFOS THIS IS WHATS GONNA HAPPEN WEED IS LEGAL, HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYBODY,NO MORE WAR. REALLY? ILL TAKE ONE OUT OF THREE….. GIVE ME THE WEED.
[Editor’s note: Please, no ALL CAPS!]
I think you have the right idea Mr Johndoe
If its not the alien cover ups its weed cover ups! LEGALIZE! Be honest with ourselves before its to late.
Rushy – Obama has foulded up everything he touches. I WILL NOT leave him alone. He needs to be called out on all the crap he’s pulled, starting with raiding medical marijuana dispenceries.
Why won’t President Obama support our Right To ‘Choom’ like he did? He sold us out for campaign donations. He’s two faced. Vote for Ron Paul.
I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.
Barack Obama, When asked, “Unlike other presidents, did you inhale?
What a politician being a hypocrite? They all wind up being the same. The money gets to them everytime.
this is an obvious way to show he was cool with pot, he know he has to finally take a side and no longer ride te fence inorder to win 4 more years. it’s all about winning again in the first 4 years of presidency, If you vote for him again he’ll be able to make some bigger changes such a legalizing gay marriage and lifting weed prohibition. he has to ride the fence the first 4 years. and he’s not going to just come out and make his beliefs known like you would if you were president because he wants the whole range of democrats to vote for him not just the extremes, it’s a very delicate dance. but once he’s sealed for another 4 he’s gonna go out with a bang. if he was more outspoken in the first 4 and tried to legalize weed it would have made him extreme voted out and undone in the next 4 years. and he’s spent the first 4 cleaning up bush’s CEO raping. give him 4 more and you’ll see. out with a bang Barry. “INTERCEPTION”
and I mainly want it legalized because paranoid high friends SUCK and take all the fun out of it, which is why I want it legalized vote Sam 2012
Criminals in power. Its obvious that hyporite criminals are in power and will seek to enslave the human race.
RON PAUL IS OUR ONLY HELP
hilarious.alcohol users sit on the gateway substance,then point at pot and say “there it is. there’s the gateway, over there” my God,talk about peeing on my leg and telling me it’s raining. unfortunately,this is what flies. everyone seems to buy it. one sorry situation!
I Do What I Want!!!
Mike May 27,2012 12:18 pm
“Why won’t President Obama support our Right To ‘Choom’ like he did?”
Because he has direct orders not to do so. Being a perfect puppet – all bets are off. Like the Judge said to the jury – “Disregard that statement.”
Wow, there is way too much arguing and negitvity in all of these comments. You know, considering this is the website of an organization that advocates for the responsible use of cannabis, one would think that the idividuals posting comments here would be more peaceful and open-minded.
Why is it that some of the best presidents used cannabis and the ones that are opposed to it are really fucking up on everything? should’nt it be the other way around? ( marijuana mind enhancer). And Missouri is not a show-me state for they have not a backbone to show. So sad. Well, i’ve got one if you need to see what one looks like!
It is ridiculous that marijuana is illegal. It is the world’s safest drug, it cannot and will not kill you. It’s good, fun, and very beneficial. I have depression, but not when I have a nice bag o bud. Legalizing it would create millions of jobs. We’d need millions to grow it transport it sell it, inspect it. Plus we’d need people to make the bowls and bongs and the cookies and brownies. It would keep millions out of jail a year, saving more money. Taxing it would yield BILLIONS of dollars. God created it and it isn’t as though he didn’t know we were going to smoke it. And if you don’t believe in God that’s all the more reason to legalize it cause we need to be enjoying ourselves during this stay on this planet as much as possible. Basically the evil leaders of this country don’t feel good and they don’t want us to, either. DEA for example would just be out of a job if we got some justice in this country. We need to end as much suffering as we can. Legalizing pot would do wonders in that area. And I think people, plants, and animals have souls and God loves their souls. That means that God loves pot! 🙂
Nick says:
“Wow, there is way too much arguing and negitvity in all of these comments. You know, considering this is the website of an organization that advocates for the responsible use of cannabis, one would think that the idividuals posting comments here would be more peaceful and open-minded”.
I call it passion, where dealing with “forces” that are destructive animalistic and barbaric that want to put humans in a cage over a plant.
How do you want people to deal with something that sinister and negative in a “peaceful and open minded way” without mirroring and reflecting the negativity and destruction that we are up against?.
Your expectations of how the bloggers should behave are naive or idealistic at its best…anger- disbeleif and sarcasm are par for the course.
I find it very upsetting that President Obama, Clinton (though he said he did not inhale it) Bush and many more are hypocrites doing drugs in their days but yet my husband who is Canadian who had three counts of possession back in the 70’s is not allowed to come to live with me in the U.S. and the rest of his family. We have done all we know but they have rejected him living here. When I said something about them doing it to the government they said well your husband is not a U.S. citizen so for those who are born here and do drugs especially if you are a government official it’s o.k. but for those outside the country and the regular folks here it isn’t. You cannot expect something from another and not do it yourself! It is high time the government is held to some type of responsibility! And it is high time we demand laws that do not hurt the people but help them- for the people and by the people was what it was supposed to be but WE have let them take over everything and nothing is good for us anymore it’s good for them!
Obama is a hypocrite for locking up citizens for something he LOVED to do in high school and college. Medical Marijuana should be legal in all 50 states, not just a few smart states.
If Obama was busted for it, he would not be president now.
Hes not the first known cannabis-connoisseur. George Washingtons garden journal states not only that he grew cannabis sativa(might have been indica) but that he had forgotten to seperate the male and female plants before pollunation, something only done to increase potency.
He should be arrested and stripped of presidency unless he denounces the marijuana laws he broke.
@Crafty
And to all Obama supporters who posted here that Obama wants pot legal… Are any of you guys aware of how many medicinal marijuana stores in California were shut down after Obama passed an initiative to do so in 2010??? “I guess he’s just shy about the subject because so many people are ignorant on the constitution”.. someone here said that and it just disgusted me. So he would have store owners facing federal charges because we are ignorant. There is no reason to that argument. Obama is against the constitution and is beginning to act like a dictator. The constitution is the only thing that makes prohibition illegal. Read the tenth amendment! The only person who deserves to be president is Ron Paul with out a doubt. His policies of defending our constitution and legalizing cannabis actually do show why he deserves my vote. I don’t know much about this libertarian from New Mexico even though he sounds swell, Paul deserves it more because he has been running for over 20 years for the same agenda. If he was not legitimate about it, he would have dropped it long ago. For anyone who votes for Obama this November, you are the reason why pots not becoming legal. I won’t be surprised if Obama decides to be in favor of legalization. Do you really think hes not gonna change his mind like last time. Once a hypocrite, always one. He’s not changing his mind on it, hes just lying. Besides, after what he did to California he doesn’t deserve to be re-elected because he may legalize pot. Ron Paul is a fine candidate and never was responsible for a pot smoker being thrown in jail.
@ ‘Nick O’ : first off there’s no point in continuing to plug paul since he got eliminated in the primary days ago. Also, that’s all well and good, but if you truly believe obama is completely responsible for the way that marijuana is treated right now, I’ll tell ya what; just remember that and wait to see if romney wins. I’ll be here when ppl like you come running back crying when you see what someone like him, who’s raised over a billion dollars almost all of which from the same sorts of billionaires (who can essentially buy election now thanks to the ever-so-disgusting citizens united case that proves how twisted and wrong the supreme court is if there were any doubts) that have made sure weed has remained illegal, will do to marijuana laws. Just wait to see how much *he* cares about what’s best for the country vs. what makes the right ppl money.
The problem is that the grass always looks greener on the other side. I agree that obama is very, very far from an amazing choice, but when it comes to politicians you usually don’t have many choices. One would have to be truly naive to believe that paul EVER had a chance; as I’ve said many times, he doesn’t play politics. Ppl like obama and romney are where they are specifically because the changes they’re looking to make are insignificant and politically safe. There are a hell of a lot of big players who like things just the way they are, and as long as they have money and power a candidate like ron paul has no chance whatsoever.
As to the article, oh yes, obama is going to come right on out, in the stretch before an election, and make a risky statement like that marijuana should be legal. He’s already having enough trouble dealing with romney and his record-breaking campaign funds (the ones that I previously mentioned come almost completely from billionaires looking for a significant return on their investment), so it wouldn’t matter much if he came out right now and said that because if he did he wouldn’t be president much longer. Right now it’s all about pushing issues off until after election season is over (which is a smart idea, don’t get me wrong). I’m sure the fact that election season is coming up is also the reason why the issue of his marijuana use is showing up more; it’s that time again where people are looking for any speck of dirt on their political enemies’ past and throwing it into the spotlight. Still, what I said above applies; obama may not be the best candidate, but he’s a whole, WHOLE lot better than romney could ever be. Hell, I’m fairly sure it would be the end of the middle class in america should romney get elected.
I would like to say though that obama sounds like he’d be pretty chill to smoke with. I would probably get endless enjoyment out of the idea of ‘intercepting’ the j. He sounds like he was probably a pretty clever kid too, because they’re usually the ones who are constantly thinking rather than spacing out while stoned, and stoned thought usually results in coming up with stoned ideas like ‘TA’ or ‘roof hits’.
Sounds like the depths of hypocrisy to me. I would much rather have an honest stoner for a president, than a clever hypocrite.
@Zuke: Ron is still very much in the race, the candidate isn’t “elected” until August. Your attitude is counter-productive and should be ignored by any rational person. Your arguement for his candidacy are opinion based, lacking the kind of logic needed to sway intelligent principle-based voters from a true stalwart for freedom. Shame on you and yours.
I think the Zeta gang or some other gang out of mexico has reached him and corrupted him, so that pot will stay illegal, so that mexican gangs will remain in the trillion dollar illegal businesses they are in.
Obama remind me of Chavez,hypocrite to the last
My days of supporting the Dems or Reps are over. They have been bought and paid for. I’m voting Lib this time. The people that do not want Romney already have Medical Marijuana (MM) in their state. Only 17 states have MM. I called Obamas campaign site and waited for over an hour on hold. I mentioned the Choom Gang, which they never heard about (must watch MSM). I told them Omama is a hypocrit for locking poeple up for that same thing he did. They wanted my name, I told them I was afraid to give it to them and I ended the call out of fear.
Ron Paul is your man as far as legalization
Obama and Romney ar both losers!
I am ashamed to say I voted for obamma the liar. He will not recieve my vote again. dont be fooled if he will lie about pot he will lie about anything… “yea I smoked it and I enjoyed it” but still medical marrahana patients are being persicuted under his watch. what a worm. he has no honer.
Obama is a lieing worm. he will not get my vote
RON PAUL 2012!!
The ONLY canidate that will actually let the states decide.
OK folks its time to make a stand. The only thing that can get things done is money and votes. Most of us have voting rights, some have money. Email this message to your elected officials and stand firm. Also send to like minded friends and family:
To the President, Members of the US Congress, State and local elected officials:
Criminal marijuana prohibition is a failure. Over 20 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses since 1965 with over 800,000 arrests in 2010. The problem is getting worse – not because of the benign plant, but because of the obsolete laws. The time has come to amend criminal prohibition and replace it with a system of legalization, taxation, regulation, and education.
I can no longer vote for elected officials that support the the current laws. I have decided not to vote for any politician that does not publicly support the removal of all penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including cultivation for personal use, and casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts.
Signed
Voting Citizen
& Member of the Movement
Closet smoker here. I feel like I’m in good company on this site. I would like to think that my family is pretty typical in these United States of America.
Nine of my close relatives smoke pot. We are home owners,tax payers,mothers,fathers. One family representing a good cross section of American pot smokers. There is one smoker that isn’t represented in our family though. The smoker that can openly proclaim their love for pot without fear of some kind of reprisal ( job loss, arrest, etc.) That is why we are closet smokers.
I voted for President Obama with hopes that he would get out the crowbar and take millions of closet doors off their hinges.
The Presidents position on gay marriage evolved. I hope the same can be said for his position on pot. We can only hope that this is all about political posturing. I still have hope that freedom is on the horizon for the MILLIONS OF CLOSET SMOKERS.
Mr.President I know for a fact that the thought provoking moments of clarity that you surely experienced when the smoke had cleared from the roof top had something too do with the person you are today.
Maybe Willie Nelson isn’t the only one smoking pot of the roof of the White house?
Won’t the people be looking for an answer to the leading question this article sets up: “Why?” Why is President Obama arresting people for doing something that he loved to do? I am interested in that answer.
NickO: because although he may be president, he’s nothing more than a figurehead; someone to hold the office, but he’s not calling the shots.
He’s got a wife and two daughters to care about, so he has to tread carefully or something will ‘accidentally’ harm them.
Puttin’ my vote behind Gary Johnson till Ron Paul either starts running as the Independent candidate or wins in August. Until then though……GARY JOHNSON 2012!!!
There’s dissapointment here? If we haven’t been living under a rock for the last 7 decades we can see that everyone who has stood on his or her soapbox and proclaimed they would pass laws to decriminalize our wounderful weed has outright lied to the people of this country, and the current worthless bastard in office is no diffrent. Like everything else in this country, if you’re waiting for your goverment to help you in your efforts then you’re a fool! If you think that there is a single politician that’s going to come up with some grand illusion to make your lives better then you’re a fool! They all belong to the crap club and have no plans what so ever of passing any federal law in our favour. And it wouldn’t make any difference if the states pass their own laws the goverment is going to do what they have always done and screw the people , and that folks is reality. If you want it then come together in mass and just do it! That’s what your goverment does and it seems to work just great for them.
the Obama ‘re-elect’ campaign will do ANYTHING to cash in on the Marijuana community and lead them to beleive Obama will support Marijuana in some way, thus getting their votes.
Obama will never end Marijuana Prohibition and he will not stop his closing and arresting state legal Medical Marijuana patients and dispenseries. Look at his track record and the deceit that fooled many last election. You will see that such phrases as ” Obama loved to smoke Marijuana .. ” in ANY context are nothing more than subliminally aimed messages to slowly grow a false archetype of Obama being somehow associated with Marijuana in any way other than what his actions prove.
Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate for President in 2012 who will end Marijuana Prohibition and foster the integration of Marijuana into medicine, as well as enable Hemp to be grown and used.
There is literally no point to even reading articles like this, I feel like I just wasted 10 minutes of my life over something I already know, Obama will not end Marijuana Prohibition, ever. And you will see the Medical Marijuana community continue to crumble under him.
you can not lawfully own a firearm if you if you have used marijuana, but you can be president or a congressman with your finger on the trigger to nuclear weapons and access to national security secrets. these people are the height of hipocrisy, do as i say not as i do.
here is simply how the fuck it is. drugs are kept illegal for the purpose of billions in sin tax revenue…while the churchfucks enjoy a tax exempt status. dont even sidewalk spit right now. the local governments are using the jails as a money mill and you will be kidnapped by the police and held for ransom..
obama is a lier, a fuckin soft-talk puppethead shit, i don’t know why the potsmokers and the people in general still likes him it is so fuckin stupidity from agressive propaganda
The president can always giveth more money, power and control to government, but he’d better not taketh away.
I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.
Barack Obama, When asked, “Unlike other presidents, did you inhale?
Would he arrest one of his Choom gang buddies?
@mike, yes he would still be the president even if he got busted for weed….cause he is still president and wasn’t born here….jus sayn’
President Barry Obama should just legalize marijuana for all of us in the USA. He’ll eventually leave office a perhaps enjoy a bong hit again.
Fuck Obama go Ron Paul nd you ignorant blind Obama supporters are ruining this country
@yankee2
I completely agree I rather have a honest stoner than a hypocrite. i know plenty of professionals who are stoners and they live good lives. the only law that they have ever broken is smoking pot. My 85 yr old grandmother has never smoked pot in her life but she even thinks it should be legal. she said this type of prohibtion is as stupid as the fisrt one was.
intercepted ha ha!
I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.
Barack Obama, When asked, “Unlike other presidents, did you inhale?
I am a medicinal marijuana card holding patient, and it has helped my MS symptoms tremendously! There is NO reason NOT to decriminalize marijuana for the entire nation, leaving the DEA to try and arrest REAL criminals.