Well that was a complete blow off of medicinal marijuana. We watched the video (I couldn't watch live because my Internet went out). President Obama laughed at the marijuana question, questioned the on-line community, laughed again, and said no he did not see how legalizing marijuana would help the economy. By the way, he only addressed one question about marijuana and it was the one to legalize marijuana all around. He did not answer any question about medicinal marijuana.

That's all fine and most likely correct about legalizing marijuana for all, however, many of those questions were about people who are sick and asking for marijuana to be legalized for medicinal purposes. I did not find his humor amusing, nor his lack of compassion for those asking legitimate questions regarding the medicinal use of marijuana.

When he was a Senator he was all for legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes and even said he thought too much money was being spent to keep it illegal. Now that he's President his mindset has changed.

Hopefully he was just making fun of the idea that the US could make money off of it. In all reality they do tax alcohol and cigarettes but it's not in the near future to revamp the drug war in his mind.

I am disappointed but this happens with all Presidents and it's reality. I just hope he can stop laughing and start taking issues that are important to some of us a little more seriously.

So I guess we can go out and get wasted and kill our liver, smoke till our lungs are black and we die. But nope, no medicinal marijuana to relieve pain, spasms and a whole host of other health concerns. Now that's ironic.