President Obama, what could possibly elicit laughter about a cannabis-related arrest occurring every 38 seconds (872,000 annual cannabis arrests; 90% for possession only), 20 million arrests since 1965, approximately 85,000 cannabis-only incarcerations that costs taxpayers tens of billions a year; thousands of medical patients are denied access to a safe/non-toxic medicine

after soliciting the American people for their top economic concerns to be posted to a government webpage, President Obama provided a left-handed acknowledgement that the topic of marijuana legalization was a very popular one among Internet users (it was in fact the #1 economic concern expressed by Americans), and then chuckled that he ‘didn’t think that legalization was a good idea or a way to help grow the economy’

Obama should not have been so dismissive, especially in the face of what currently appears to be very strong public support for cannabis law reform, to the point of legalization