[bassmaner]

I'll be contacting my Representative and my Senators to urge their support for this important legislation, not because I favor medical marijuana or believe all the claims its proponents make, but because I love our Constitution, and believe that we cannot disregard the Constitution to suit our own ends.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Drug Warriors!

It's not about weed, it's about Wickard!

[tomakaze]

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[joe fonebone]

ok.......when the supreme court runs roughshod over the constitution, when the congress we elected to uphold and maintain the constitution are more concerned about their own political careers than holding the judges responsible, when the president sits on his hands and will do nothing about an out of control court, what can we as citizens do? this is a question for the lawyers. can someone tell me what can be done?

[Dead Corpse]

First up on the chopping block, that pesky Second Amendment...

Thanks for nothing to all those a$$bat WoDdies. We f*cking told you this would happen.

[highball]

This is a setback to the pro-drug crowd. Shouldn't this thrill us?

Here's the problem I have with most of the anti-drug crowd. They make it personal. They dislike drugs, so they dislike all people who don't favor drug laws.

It's not about tweaking the nose of people who disagree with you, it's about running roughshod over the Constitution.

They're not the only ones who fall into this trap - plenty of otherwise reasonable conservatives get fooled into thinking this is an issue of stoners vs. normal people. "Heck, I don't use drugs, why should I mind if the federal government increases its power to police drug use?"

[freepatriot32]

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[Andy from Beaverton]

Dude, I'm so confused!

[MosesKnows]

I search my Constitution in vain for any section that allows the Federal government to forbid medical marijuana

Only specific enumerated powers herein granted by the Constitution exist. In other words, unless the Constitution specifically says Congress can, Congress can't.

You will not find any specific enumerated power that allows Congress to prohibit the citizen of medical marijuana, marijuana, alcohol, or anything else you can think of.

Article 1, Section 1 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...