Posted on 04/11/2019 12:21:02 PM PDT by Ken H
Are federal laws against within-state marijuana transactions consistent with the Tenth Amendment?
Which state or states “sell narcotics”? I’m not aware of even one.
Wow! I think that is called Federalism. If it is not in the Constitution then the States can do what they want. The operative word here folks is “not in the Constitution” like the Amendments explicitly the Second.
first you need an affordable way to measure it on the side of the road.
https://www.ghsa.org/state-laws/issues/drug%20impaired%20driving:
18 states have zero tolerance or non-zero per se laws for marijuana.
9 states have zero tolerance for THC or a metabolite.
3 states have zero tolerance for THC but no restriction on metabolites.
5 states have specific per se limits for THC
1 state (Colorado) has a reasonable inference law for THC
Just allow the banks to do business with the Pot community and the war is over.
I am conflicted about this.
I recognize that drugs (including nicotine and ethanol) are bad for you. They lead to a wide variety of anti-social behaviors.
I don’t necessarily oppose legalization. If you want to destroy your life with these substances, the taxpayer should not be on the hook to pay for all of the the other social pathologies that arise, as a result.
There needs to be a MAJOR rewrite of the “social contract” regarding how to deal with the inevitable negative consequences if we were to move to complete legalization.
Yep, legalization is going to get done under Trump. The current half slave, half free approach is a recipe for conflict. Just let it be like alcohol laws.
Is Barr going down the pot rabbit hole just like Sessions?
>>There needs to be a MAJOR rewrite of the “social contract” regarding how to deal with the inevitable negative consequences if we were to move to complete legalization.<<
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How about letting each state decide what rewriting needs to be done and keep fedgov out of it?
I figured that something like this would soon come to pass.
The peasants mostly want to dope themselves up these days, and the rulers increasingly go for it because doped up people are easier to control.
Plus, more taxes for them to spend on their pet projects.
How does it reconcile? By making sure that each State has one legal position with regard to marijuana use. No more legal tension between the State law and the federal law.
The laws concerning marijuana use in other States are irrelevant.
What about the inevitable negative consequences of the current ban - primarily the enrichment of violent criminals, with all the ills that follow?
I really like this AG. Not just this, but the past few days he has really impressed me as being a wise man. Hope it continues.
The states are basically ignoring federal law. So if you are growing weed legally on your property, you are violating federal law. That’s a dangerous setup.
If they legalize it in Va, I am growing it. The demand is too high for the plants. It’s a financial windfall.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams”.
I don't care if people use weed....but we worship drugs in this country...drugs, sex, and animals...
we won't be around for too much longer as a thriving culture...
What do you think ‘legalizing’ at the Federal level looks like? Is it ok for military to smoke pot now? Other federal employees where their ability to perform has an impact on tax payers? Govt contractors building military hardware that soldiers depend on?
I agree with states rights, but blanket legalizing federally would lead to bad things as well. Being intoxicated driving or on the job, regardless of alcohol or drugs, cant be tolerated.
If its messed up now, I fear they will only mess it up more by whatever this congress may try to do with it. Of course where we have gone morally as a society has a lot to do with the current situation as well. I will never get why folks need to drug themselves to deal with life, but that’s just me.
Note that no Founder ever said that laws could make a people moral.
One of my friends lives in a condo. A new owner moved into a unit in her building. The new owner smokes pot-—all day—all night. Doesn’t work. California legalized marijuana. My friend’s condo smells of pot all day long. My friend has to leave her windows open all day and all night no matter what the weather because this person chooses to smoke and doesn’t care how he affects others. Two children live in the other unit (Three condos in a building) All have to suffer the consequences of this new owner smoking. Trying to get him on the “nuisance” CCR, but the HOA attorney says if he fights it, it might go nowhere. California has the strictest Declaration laws when you sell your house, so you have to declare that you have a pot smoker in the building. Who would buy with that information—except another pot smoker.
You can’t impose a law on people that the majority don’t support. I may personally think it’s a bad idea but clearly the citizens are voting to decriminalize. That makes his position simply rational.
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