Cannabis policy of the Obama administration

During the presidency of Barack Obama, the government eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in U.S. states permitting cannabis use.[1][2][3]

In contrast, Time reported in 2012, "Two years [after his first year in office], the Obama Administration is cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries and growers just as harshly as the Administration of George W. Bush did." Moreover, Politico reported that Massachusetts’ Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, referencing his disappointment in the Obama administration’s continued harsh federal enforcement of marijuana in states which passed medicinal legislation, stated, “They look more like the Bush administration than the Clinton administration.” Additionally, in October 2011, the IRS under Obama determined that marijuana dispensaries cannot deduct standard operating expenses such as payroll, rent, & employee health insurance, among others, from their tax returns.[4][5]

According to Jessica Bulman-Pozen and Gillian E. Metzger in 2016, "in declining to enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act with respect to marijuana offenses in Colorado and Washington, the [Obama] Administration has accommodated those states’ decisions to legalize recreational marijuana use."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Barack Obama 'to overturn' Bush-era cannabis policy". Daily Telegraph. 2009-10-19. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ "Obama: Marijuana Users Not High Priority". ABC News. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ Lynch, Sarah N. (January 4, 2018). "Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions". Reuters. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  4. ^ Scherer, Michael. "What Is President Obama's Problem With Medical Marijuana?". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ Tau, Byron. "Obama's Pot Promise A Pipe Dream?". Politico. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  6. ^ Bulman-Pozen, Jessica; Metzger, Gillian E. (2016-07-01). "The President and the States: Patterns of Contestation and Collaboration under Obama". Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 46 (3): 308–336. doi:10.1093/publius/pjw008. ISSN 0048-5950.
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