Marijuana not high Obama priority
"It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it's legal"
ABC News (US)
Friday, December 14, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a "top priority" of federal law enforcement officials prosecuting the war on drugs. "We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama said of pot users in Colorado and Washington during an exclusive interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters. (See also: Parsing Obama's words on legalizing marijuana, by Ethan Nadelmann)
