Obama Sends Clear Message To States That Prohibit Cannabis

It’s good to hear that despite the federal ban on cannabis, the current government under Barack Obama is supporting States that have legalized cannabis on their own.

The Obama administration has recently weighed-in on the legal complaints levied by prohibitionist States that border States where cannabis is legal medically or for recreation.

Their position is, surprisingly, one that defends the State’s right to their own jurisdiction.

The message is surprising since the White House is officially against legalizing marijuana. But President Obama’s administration is taking a strong stand in defense of states that have created legal markets in their own jurisdictions.

Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a suit against Colorado in the U.S. Supreme Court last year, arguing that Colorado’s legal market was in a violation of federal prohibition laws and was making it easier to transport marijuana across state lines.

The two neighboring states said that this is...

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