Because it's worse than that - in 2007-2008, Obama explicitly campaigned on a platform that would be amenable to drug policy reform (medical marijuna + decrimin

Because it's worse than that - in 2007-2008, Obama explicitly campaigned on a platform that would be amenable to drug policy reform (medical marijuna + decriminalization at the state level).. then promptly reversed course after the election to become the most tough-on-drugs president in recent history[1]. There's the chance that he'd flip-flop again, but don't get your hopes high - he made an active effort to extend Bush's medical marijuana dispensary crackdowns instead of ending them altogether, so there's not really much evidence to suggest that he'll change his mind again. [1] Compared at least to Bush Jr. and Clinton, which already takes us back 20 years.