Obama's Changes to Drug Policy so Far

CHANGES:
1. Repeal law that bans federal funding for free needle programs... this prevents the spread of disease and saves taxpayer money on MediCaid spening.
2. Obama has pressed congress to make crack and cocaine posession equal offenses, as cocaine is the base of both drugs... this prevents racist and classist oppression (poor people and minorities are more likely to use crack).
3. He has stopped the DEA from interfering with states that have legalized marijuana... this reduces costs of law enforcement, courts, and federal prisons.
4. He has also proposed a new plan of increasing community drug treatment and prevention programs, a plan that is briefly outlined in the article below:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/12/obama-outlines-minor-changes-to-anti-drug-policies/