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You appear to be mistaken about Obama's stance: Drug czar: Feds won't support legalized pot - Local - fresnobee.com
Yes you are correct.. Obama's stance is that he, and consequently the federal governments position will not consider legalization.
However, and this is likely a pipe dream (no pun intended), legalization and decriminalization are not even close to the same monster, and the door is still open there.
But this is not the entirety of his stance on the subject.
As Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro pointed out:
The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind
Which now brings us around to your statement that you do not see MJ being legalized in the next 10 years.
We could be seeing (state) constitutionally legal pot in Ca in as little as 3 months provided the ballot initiative in the works gets the required signatures in time for the Nov elections. (Sept. 5th for the Nov. ballot btw, otherwise in June)
If that does not happen, there is still AB390 in Ca, as well as Ma legislation that is not dead yet either.
A few guinea pig states and more will follow suit in short order, and this is in the next 12-18 months.
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