Our federal government has *never* been given the privilege by We the People to tax items to the point of prohibition.
They assumed the privilege, and currently the federal anti-marijuana laws are based on the interstate commerce clause.
Our individual, inherent rights acknowledged by the Constitution are derived from our individual, inherent right to own property, first and foremost our own bodies. If the government can tell you what you can, and can't put into your own body, then you do *not* own your body, but are simply renting it from the federal government.
*Any* federal laws legislating marijuana use to the point of prohibition are entirely unconstitutional, and furthermore, We the People do not recognize federal laws that infringe on our individual, inherent rights acknowledged by the Constitution.
Concerning the upcoming state ballot measures to legalize marijuana, one would hope that not only state/local police would stand off vs. the federal authorities, but also that some of the federal authorities would defect to the state/local side. And one would also hope that with proper funding, Blackwater folks could be employed to defend We the People. Ideally, bloodshed would be kept to a minimum, but I'd not shed a single tear over any federal authorities deaths due to their attempt at enforcing unconstitutional legislation. In that scenario, the federal authorities are *supposed* to die, and We the People are supposed to win. Ideally, in the end, the good guys win.
The federal government has the constitutional power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises". I see no limit on that power. Do you? Can you please point it out where it adds, "but not too much"?
"If the government can tell you what you can, and can't put into your own body, then you do *not* own your body"
They're not telling you what you can and can't put into your own body. It's not illegal to do drugs. Go ahead, poison yourself. No one cares.
It is, however, illegal to possess or sell certain drugs.
"*Any* federal laws legislating marijuana use to the point of prohibition are entirely unconstitutional"
Violating what part, pray tell?
"We the People do not recognize federal laws that infringe on our individual, inherent rights acknowledged by the Constitution."
Sure we do. We do it all the time. The federal government (FCC) regulates communications, and there are certain restrictions on speech that apply (obscene, indecent, and profane programming, for example).
Gasp! What happened to our first amendment rights? The sky is falling!
"but I'd not shed a single tear over any federal authorities deaths due to their attempt at enforcing unconstitutional legislation"
Not too familiar with the Supremacy Clause, huh? And here I thought you were some constitutional scholar or something, the way you've been spouting off about this or that being unconstitutional.
Any state official who is part of legalizing marijuana in his state for ANY reason should be tried, convicted and hanged for sedition, if not treason. You're suggesting a second Civil War to legalize dope? Insanity.