Thor Benson: President Obama Must Act on Marijuana Reform
President Barack Obama still refuses to act on the issue of marijuana legalization, and reform advocates are getting tired of waiting.
Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democratic congressman from Tennessee, has discussed the legal status of cannabis with the president several times, asking Obama if he would consider at least rescheduling marijuana on the list of controlled substances so it can be researched further and treated as a less dangerous drug. But the president has maintained the same stance on changing drug policy during his whole presidency: Defer to Congress.
“There are some in the Democratic Party who have urged the president to take this kind of action,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in January. “The president’s response was, ‘If you feel so strongly about it, and you believe there is so much public support for what it is that you’re advocating, then why don’t you pass...
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