And they can start by eliminating their government approved and government supplied "medical" marijuana.
Marijuana legislation is one place where America can't preach. I love America, I'm an American, but the marijuana laws in the US are insane. Marijuana is obviously used by social conservatives as a symbol for greater social and societal blame and degradation, but thats not an excuse. When you have some of the most liberal (Oregon), and some of the most conservative states in the Union (Montana) vote for medical marijuana and the Feds arrogantly reject the will of the people, that is just plain immoral. Disrespect of states rights is a big failure of GWB in my book.
So let's restore states rights, and let's start with ..... marijuana! I don't think so.
"and the Feds arrogantly reject the will of the people"
Whoa! The people and their state legislators are the ones ignoring the U.S. Constitution -- the Supremacy Clause is quite clear on which is the prevailing law. And here I thought these legislators took an oath to honor and defend that document.
"that is just plain immoral"
No. What is immoral is the scam being played on the American people by those who wish to legalize "medical" marijuana. What's medical about it? No major medical organization supports smoked marijuana. Studies are incomplete, at best. Its analgesic properties are anecdotal.
Those who wish to legalize marijuana are using the sick and dying as pawns. They hope that "medical" marijuana will be the camel's nose under the tent. They couldn't care less if marijuana helped a patient or not.