Up in smoke: The Obama administration’s pot politics problem

The administration has “a bad political problem” when it comes to pot, said Kevin Sabet, an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s Drug Policy Institute. “I think this is a very difficult position for them and they see it as a lose-lose,” said Sabet, who served as a drug policy adviser to both Republican and Democratic administrations and is on the board of directors of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, an anti-pot legalization group. “They don’t want to alienate a voting bloc in favor of legalization.“
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