Obama town hall: legalizing pot won't grow economy

I watched part of it. Obama generally answered the top question from each category. Pot came up in several categories. I was wondering how he would handle it, and instead of ignoring it he glibly brought it up himself and dismissed it.

It is sad, so much money spent on non violent offenders. If pot was not so easy to grow this nation of crony capitalists would surely be taxing it instead, making a few companies very rich.

One of the questions referenced that if Obama had ever been arrested for his drug use, he would not be president. He would be much more honest to take the issue on, but he is not that honest.

Dang, there's never a cop around when you need one. :(

It's sad that there are so many non-violent offenders of the law. Hey, I guess AIG guys could take their bonuses and buy mary-jo-wanna then they would be cool. All the people in front of their houses would put down their signs and go party. What a wonderful, peaceful world it could be. Could even invite some of the drug runners who just crossed the border to stop by. Beyond cool. Power to the people....... oh wait, already been used. :p

Thanks for your comments Erich and Jack.

I was fascinated to see the president embracing Web 2.0 technology, such as Google Moderator, to engage the citizenry.

Regards,
Mary Kathleen Flynn, Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer, The Deal

I respect Obama he is a talented politician, President Obama seems to posse’s insightful, reasonable judgment on many issues, although in the case of marijuana prohibition laws I find Obama’s choice to answer with mocking humor to be lacking. Smoking marijuana is an easy thing to laugh about, it seems there is something about being stoned that brings a smile to people’s faces, however marijuana prohibition is not a joke. We should not be making jokes as millions of Americans are arrested for being caught on the wrong side of moral politicking, we should not laugh as we spend over 30 billion dollars a year going after Americans for smoking weed, we should not giggle and poke fun as we watch billions of dollars in tax revenue slip through our fingers each year, and should we not be jolly as thousands of people are murdered by cartels profiting from America’s moral hypocrisy. I believe there are profound latent consequences in prohibition that are not even factored in to our assessments of the effects of illegality, such as how we view the rule of law and the role of law enforcement in the community, the divisiveness between users and non users, the stigma of mental shock of incarceration. I say pot prohibition is no joke it has real costs paid for in real lives. Freedom is achieved in a country by placing responsibility in the hands of the citizen and not by the state legally enforcing morality.

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