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Obama Wants to Strengthen Drug War in New OrleansObama and Medical Pot: More Research is NeededDems Debate Sentencing Reforms and Mandatory MinimumsComparing Hillary and Obama on Crime Issues Obama, before he was President, expressed opposition to mandatory minimums. The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act: H.R. 2306: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011. Order determined by social media popularity Endorsing Organizations National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) 359,028 Facebook fans 90,672 Twitter followers The measure, entitled the ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011,’ prohibits the federal government from prosecuting adults who use or possess personal use amounts of marijuana by removing the plant and its primary psychoactive constituent, THC, from the five schedules of the United States Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
Under present law, all varieties of the marijuana plant are defined as illicit Schedule I controlled substances, defined as possessing ‘a high potential for abuse,’ and ‘no currently accepted medical use in treatment.’