In what many in the MMJ community are considering a sign of the times with our incoming lefty administration, Roll Call, a traditional Capitol Hill magazine recently covered the topic of marijuana reform.
Running the jump under the headline, “A Tokin’ Lobby Expects Less Opposition in ‘09,” the article talks about how after eight years of pushing a strong stance against weed, the government’s attitude towards the medicine may begin to change.
The article quotes several of Obama’s platitudes regarding decriminalization, but more significantly reports a call by Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, for congress to study marijuana politics.
While such a request was likely to go unheeded in years past, Obama’s sympathy towards medical marijuana users could lead to a rescheduling of the drug out of the Class-A category with heroine and LSD.