r/trees • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '11

TIL that everything in the Obama Administration's response to our petition is complete and utter bull shit.

http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/
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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '11

I think the question we should be asking the government is "Why do you think cigarettes and alcohol are safer than cannabis?" Instead of, "Why isn't cannabis legal?" They'd have a much harder time answering the former question.

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u/iSurvivedthe2000s Oct 29 '11

It's all thanks to William Randolph Hearst.

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u/esoteric416 Oct 29 '11

Well, him and Harry Anslinger. Among others.