Very Dissappointing.

I don't care where you come down on the issue of legalizing marijuana, this statement,

"Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit,"

just doesn't even come close to being factually correct.

And having that statement come from our new National Drug Czar,Gil Kerlikowske, is very very dissappointing.

Some Perspective From Mos Def

Mos Def keeps it real with Bill Maher on the subject of President Obama's answer to the question about legalizing weed.



His voice is irritating as hell but Mos Def makes good point. There really was no other way for President Obama to handle the situation aside from just ignoring the question which I think would have been a betrayal. He can't speak seriously about the subject when he is trying to get his budget passed and people are calling THAT radical.

Have You Ever Held A Press Conference? Have You Ever Held A Press Conference ON WEED?!

During the online townhall press conference yesterday President Obama addressed one of the questions that had been voted on the most about legalizing marijuana. Now President Obama took great liberties with how the question was actually worded but even at that I don't think anyone is surprised that he said he was against legalizing marijuana. But here is the problem, whether you smoke weed or not at this point its almost indisputable that legalizing marijuana would both help the economy by creating jobs, generating tax revenue, and cutting down on the cost of prosecuting crimes involving possession of marijuana. Literally the only reason marijuana is still illegal is because no politician has the political will to legalize it except for medical uses. If you look at the facts there is no way to justify why alcohol is legal and marijuana is not. Especially when marijuana actually helps with many different physical ailments. Then there is the issue of hemp based products which could be used for many different industries like making rope or even in different clothing fabrics. And by taking weed off the streets and putting it in stores you reduce crime in this country just like when prohibition was repealed and the bootleggers went out of business. I am 100% with Cenk on this one.