In fact, medical marijuana raids have been more frequent under Obama than under Bush, when there were about 200 over eight years.

Indeed, since the Justice Department now says anyone but patients and caregivers is fair game for prosecution, Obama’s policy is indistinguishable from Bush’s. … The problem is that most of the “individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses” whom the Obama administration claims to be sparing are not up to the task of growing their own marijuana. When DEA raids or Justice Department threats to landlords shut down dispensaries, [Americans for Safe Access spokesman Kris Hermes] notes, “patients wake up the next morning wondering where they’re going to find their medication.” The administration’s position, essentially, is that patients can have marijuana; they just can’t get it anywhere.