Drug law reform
Obama's website, Change.gov, asked visitors to submit questions regarding policy matters that they feel the new administration should address, and then vote on which of the questions were most important. The voting closed today, finding the most popular question that people would like to see addressed is whether the administration will legalize marijuana:
"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.?"
received 7947 votes, out of nearly 100,000 total votes on 10,303 questions. 16 of the top 50 questions submitted on the website dealt with drug law reforms. The website says,
Over the next few days, some of the most popular questions selected by the Change.gov community will be answered by the Transition team, and their responses will be posted here on the site.
I wonder if they will answer the question that received the most votes? Of course, it is not up to the President to decriminalize drug possession, but it is a strong statement of the will of the people, who are becoming more educated as to the issues involved in Prohibition and the failed war on drugs.
H/T NORML blog.
