Obama’s crackdown on medical marijuana

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/15/obamas_crackdown_on_medical_marijuana/singleton/

     The article discusses the debate over allowing medical marijuana and focuses on the state of California, where it is legal.  According to the subtitle presented by the author "the Justice Department shifts course and goes after California's lucrative pot industry".  Much of the article included an interview between Justin Elliott, the author, and Bob Egelko, "a veteran reporter who covers courts for the San Francisco Chronicle and has been following the story".  I thought the article was somewhat brief yet well written and I think that the interview was necessary to provide enough information to the reader to be satisfied.
     It was difficult to see what side the author was taking- whether he thought a crackdown on marijuana was necessary or not.  If I had to take a guess though I would say that he supported the crackdown as he made no hints or suggestions as to his opinion of the story but rather wrote down the facts of the story and the opinions of Bob Egelko.  It appeared to be a more factual article than I thought as I was expecting an article based wholly upon opinion.  Nonetheless, Elliott asked Egelko simple questions in which Egelko expanded on greatly with his opinion.  In a way I think that Elliot presented our culture in a good light rather than demoralizing us for the illegal use of marijuana outside of its medical use.