"Decriminalizing marijuana will only lead to millions more Americans becoming addicted to drugs and greater profits for drug cartels who fund violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Allowing states to determine their own marijuana policy flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent."
http://volokh.com/2011/06/23/rep-lamar-smith-on-bill-to-repeal-federal-pot-laws/
We’ve got 150 years of “precedent” before the New Deal, and 35 years of a different “precedent” after. Guess which one he’s chosen to disregard.