I meant when FrederikTwn didn ' t capitalize ' may '. It makes it look like Showers bring might flowers . I beg to differ <| sep |> I ' m not going to split hairs on the technicalities of using hypocritical , I ' ve clarified my position and therefore communicated my meaning . That other comment lists nothing but lip service to me . At such a subtle level of change , it would be 50 years before we end the War on Drugs . I can see how reducing mandatory minimums is relevant to the original post , and it reduces prison time . However it doesn ' t really change the sheer human rights violation that is drug prohibition . The most important thing Obama could have done is said the government has been lying about drugs , and misleading the country he could have placed that seed and it would have had the most significant impact . Perhaps Obama really believes cocaine is crazy dangerous though , and he ' s just a huge risk taker that ' s a possibility , although I find it unlikely . Anything on MJ right now just isn ' t very controversial , the public majority based on polling has ruled that ' s not harmful enough to warrant incarceration , and therefore there is nothing significant gained by the president simply going with the tide of public opinion .