Obama to end DEA raids on Cali weed clinics?

While its only talk at this point, Obama's cabinet has announced their intentions to uphold the President's promise to end the constitutionally questionable DEA raids on California medical marijuana clinics. Regardless of your opinions on the medical use of marijuana, the fact remains that the feds (DEA) continue to shut down state clinics that offer the plant to suffering patients. The DEA argues that federal laws against pot supersede state laws that allow citizens to possess and grow personal supplies of the medicine.

Once the Bush administrations' DEA Admin gets the boot, the White House claims that they will end these raids. Currently over a dozen states allow the use of medical weed, and it is expected that by the end of 2009, the total will be twenty or more. With the end of DEA raids, this number could grow exponentially, forcing the federal government to re-evaluate the current scheduling of the plant, which offers the highest possible penalties claiming that it has "no accepted medical use."

As the War on Drugs stumbles on, annually wasting $80 billion dollars of the tax-payers money, the citizens appear to have finally scored a victory. Ending these raids will save us millions of dollars of year. Sick patients will no longer have to worry about being arrested by DEA stings. While I must admit that I was pessimistic about Obama's "change," I have to give him credit for showing his intent to stick to his word.

For more information, check out the article done by The Washington Times.