OBAMA Talked about Marijuana Today Link >http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/31/marijuana-obama-decriminalization/?iid=sl-main-lead “I stand by my belief, based, I think, on the scientific evidence, that marijuana, for casual users, individual users, is subject to abuse, just like alcohol is and should be treated as a public health problem and challenge,” Obama added. “But as I said in the interview, my concern is when you end up having very heavy criminal penalties for individual users that have been applied unevenly, and in some cases, with a racial disparity.”