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Cannabis Advocate Says Barack Obama Is Worse Than George W. Bush

Submitted by Civilized Staff... on Sat, 10/31/2015 - 08:45

Steve DeAngelo is a progressive visionary in the United States, widely known in the cannabis community as a pioneering dispensary owner and, most recently, author of The Cannabis Manifesto. He's someone you'd naturally assume would support like-minded Democrats like President Barack Obama.

So we were surprised when DeAngelo came out with some harsh criticisms of the president's approach to the cannabis issue. In an exclusive interview at Harbourside Health Center in Oakland, DeAngelo told Civilized Founder and Publisher Derek Riedle that Obama had broken promises to reform federal government policies on medical cannabis.

The president has been a 'crushing disappointment'

"Obama has really been a crushing disappointment," says DeAngelo. "I campaigned for Obama. I collected donations for Obama. I believed Obama when he said repeatedly that when he became president the Department of Justice would not be allowed to raid medical cannabis facilities. And then I watched him...

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