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The Obama administration has not taken the great leap of embracing drug legalization, but it has now gone further than any previous US administration is admitting there may be alternatives to perpetual drug war.

Not true.  The Obama administration has done nothing nor admitted anything.  They've basically said, "talk all you want amongst yourselves, but we're not changing our mind."  Kind of like a parent trying to quiet their bothersome child when they keep asking why they can't borrow the car on Saturday.  "We'll talk about it later."  But in the end, the answer is still no, and the reason is, "because I said so."  When it comes to drug policy, the US is the parent and anyone who questions the policy is treated like a misguided child, at best, that must be shown the error of their ways.