Sorry. I’ve no clue what Wickard has to do with my quest for JR to zot Liberaltarians.
And noticably missing in this statement about Free Republic is a comment for or against the WOD.
And if you think drugs is just a social issue - think again. The WOD is as vital as the WOT. If we lose either one, we are finished as a Nation.
This thread is about a state that is exercising its legitimate power under the 10th Amendment. It is a sharp stick in the eye of an overreaching fedgov. Are you going to answer my question about the Commerce Clause, or just make excuses to dodge?
And noticably missing in this statement about Free Republic is a comment for or against the WOD.
Asking again: Does not the About Free Republic citation sound anti-Wickard to you, YES or NO?
And if you think drugs is just a social issue - think again. The WOD is as vital as the WOT. If we lose either one, we are finished as a Nation.
The WOD has allowed the cartels to fluorish. Marijuana accounts for the bulk of revenues for the cartels, according to the Drug Czar:
John P. Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said marijuana, not heroin or cocaine, is the "bread and butter," "the center of gravity" for Mexican drug cartels that every year smuggle tons of it through the porous U.S.-Mexico border. Of the $13.8 billion that Americans contributed to Mexican drug traffickers in 2004-05, about 62 percent, or $8.6 billion, comes from marijuana consumption.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/022208dnintdrugs.3a98bb0.html
How did we survive the first 150 years of our republic with legal marijuana?