Find out how Obama and McCain compare on everything from drug sentencing laws to drug use in politicians' personal lives.
Twelve states now have medical marijuana laws on the rolls, and hardly a week goes by without the announcement of a medical study touting the healing effects of cannabis. Yet the drug war in the United States keeps on rolling: More than 870,000 people were arrested on charges relating to marijuana last year, and Congress approves larger budgets each year for the White House drug czar.
What can we expect from Obama on drug issues if he's elected? "Bottom line," marijuana policy expert Paul Armentano recently wrote, "no administration since Jimmy Carter's has proactively taken steps to liberalize federal drug penalties, and there's little indication that Obama and Biden will possess either the desire or the political will to buck this long-running trend." We can expect even less from John McCain, given his history of statements on issues relating to the war on drugs.
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Nice summary of drug issues in the U.S. Tom
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Both Obama and McCain will need to play poliics untill the election, so it is not surprising that there has been little talk about the war on drugs or any other crime topic. Once Obama wins I think his smarts will come out and he will at least tone down the war on drugs. He is a Black man living in Chigaco after all.
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