Protesters carried a 51-foot inflatable "joint" and sparked up Friday, asking President Barack Obama to remove cannabis from the "Schedule 1" list of controlled substances, which also includes harder drugs such as heroin.
Hundreds Smoke Weed Outside White House Today (No Arrests)Not my thing, but I'm happy to see this.https://t.co/Zf0HkK3lf8— Good Looking Loser (@GoodLookingLosr) April 3, 2016
@WhiteHouse @POTUS End marijuana prohibition and reduce abuse rates by 25%. Provide patients with a safe alternative. Quite simple really.— The Supreme Dickhead (@SupremeDickhead) March 29, 2016
@drsanjaygupta @POTUS @WhiteHouse why big pharma is still allowed to rob people blind while denying medical marijuana that GOD gave us.— Marion Talley (@Shadowboxer50) March 29, 2016
One activist said thousands who have been arrested for possession of the drug should also be pardoned.
"What we want here today is Obama, through the stroke of a pen, through executive order to deschedule marijuana, then we want that deschedulization to pardon those arrested for marijuana and we want 50 states to recognize the medical use of marijuana," he told Ruptly.
Smoking marijuana in public is still illegal in Washington, DC, but possession of up to two ounces is legal.
Despite this, African-Americans are often routinely targeted and racially profiled by police for possession of pot.
Obama's cannabis smoking days with his "Choom gang" might be over, but his crackdown on those using it for medicinal purposes has been a real 'bummer, man.'
There were over 100 raids on marijuana dispensaries during his first three years in office.
In California where using medical cannabis is legal, Obama's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was told to back down from raiding pot dispensaries by a federal court.
The ruling followed the case of Lynette Shaw, who was forced to close her business for four years, despite not breaking the law.
I love you; but I truly wish this site would apply the same logic and thought process and critical thinking to cannabis that it does to tobacco.
Yeah yeah, I know the C's mentioned something its use and self-abridged free will, but if any one on this site took the time to look into it, experiment with it and go off of their own experiences instead of blindly thinking that "pot makes you lazy and complacent", many of you may reap the benefits of this amazing, sacred plant.