End this this ridiculous crusade on cannabis (and war on drugs) left by our joke of a (then) president Nixon and legalize hemp.
They've been spending so much money on the DEA to "try" to eradicate all drugs (mainly cannabis). It's just a waste of tax payer money. I remember him saying (before he was president) when he was still a senator in Illinois; that the war on drugs is an utter failure and they should rethink the whole issue. 4 years later he's still continuing the with war.
Plus legalizing cannabis would end the incarceration of non-violent drug offenders of simple possession. Thus leaving room for the more dangerous criminals. Bring back that money through taxation, cutting costs of prosecuting, and jailing people, cut spending on cops arresting. and take all that money away the cartels are swimming in through legalization.
Of course it's still a drug and people will abuse it, but its not going to be as bad under a legal status compared to things like alcohol. Plus you have people abusing other legal commodities anyway. But most importantly, nobody has the damn right to tell you what you can or can't do with your life. But the govt. is doing a pretty good job on that. Which is why Obama is opting to convert this country to communism/socialism.
Now I know we had a debate on this a while ago (in another thread) on how well communism works. But I personally would not want to live under a system that tells you what to do; and hands you everything on a silver platter with little to no effort.
