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Will Barack Obama Legalize Marijuana?

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Barack Obama's transition website, Change.gov, added a new feature recently that allows people to submit, and vote on, questions for the President-Elect and his team. After a bump in the road involving the spiking of Blagojevich-related questions, the site has put out it's first round of questions and answers.

The fourth question on the list contains the aforementioned question, and its disappointing, if unsurprising, answer. From Open For Questions:
Q: "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?" S. Man, Denton

A: President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.
If the transition team had any sense of humor at all, they would have answered, "Are you high?"

Still, the fact that this question did so well ought to give the incoming administration some food for thought. A case of the Mental Munchies, if you will.

After being propelled to victory on a wave of energized young voters, and in light of the dominance of baby-boomers in the US population, it may be time to revisit the taboo herb's legality. What better way to jumpstart a green economy?

What do you think?
Should Barack Obama legalize marijuana?
Yeah, man, spark it up!4817 (87.6%)
No.453 (8.2%)
Are you a cop, man?226 (4.1%)


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