While Obama might have been nice to some states in some contexts that passed some laws he was as if not more aggressive on weed than the previous administration.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/obamas-w...

https://swampland.time.com/2012/05/03/what-is-president-obam...

This was a big deal back during his term which I feel like people are already forgetting.