Posted on 06/23/2011 3:33:06 PM PDT by Crush
Dr. Ron Paul (R-Texas) clarified details on the marijuana bill he will introduce with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and others. Paul talked to Larry Kudlow on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report on Wednesday. The bill is not a blanket legalization bill as numerous media have suggested.
Paul's position relates to the Tenth Amendment.
Paul said the bill would return marijuana to the status that existed in 1937. The legislation, he said, would remove it “from the jurisdiction of the federal government.” The states that chose to legalize it for personal use or for medical purposes would regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.
Kudlow noted the approach is a Tenth Amendment issue. The debate over marijuana has led some states where the herb is permitted for medical use to prohibit the use because of conflict with federal law.
The Wall Street Journal pointed out at the Washington Wire blog that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has refused to implement his state’s medical marijuana law “without assurances from federal prosecutors.”
Another example is California where medical use is legal but dispensaries have been raided by federal law enforcement.
Paul, who is a medical doctor, said marijuana is helpful for people who have cancer and who are getting chemotherapy. There is also potential for people who suffer chronic pain but want to avoid a narcotic pain reliever that can lead to physical addiction.
Paul told Kudlow the federal government’s War on Drugs begun by President Richard Nixon (R) is a “catastrophe” that has cost US taxpayers more than $1 trillion.
Paul’s central point, however, is that the states should have jurisdiction over the issue.
CNBC said that 15 US states and the District of Columbia already permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Federal laws, however, technically place those states...
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Considering how ‘medical’ marijuana has worked out in the places that have adopted it, I think he should reconsider. It’s gone from growing your own for private use, to buying at a shop, to lollipops, pizzas, brownies containing it for sale. It’s a mockery of the people in those states who naively believed it would be the compassionate thing to vote for.
oh please, I don’t believe a word the man says any more
drugs & sex 4 kids, that is where its headed with libertarians
“medical” pot is a joke.
I wonder how often a quack who works for the pot shop says the “patient” needs something else instead of pot??
probably never.
I have the misfortune to be living in Texas in a state of chronic pain.
Right now, the Texas Medical Board, in conjunction with the DEA, is cracking down on ‘pill mills’ in Houston and ALL of the state’s doctors are running scared.
Many innocent physicians and pharmacists are being swept up in the raid. Careers are being destroyed. Jail time is being threatened.
So where does this leave a 40 Y/O conservative woman with a broken back?
Screwed.
I’m sick of the War on Drugs. I’m sick of being (one of the thousands) denied medical care because busy-bodies are so afraid of people getting high.
What’s ridiculous is that the stoners are just as high as they ever were. It’s the law-abiding citizens who’re hurting. And I mean that literally.
Stop this stupid war. Save our economy untold treasure and allow people in legitimate pain to get the help that they need.
That’s another thing - the number of conditions that are uniquely helped by cannabis is small. It’s true that it has a long history of medical use - for instance it’s still understood as medicinal in Chinese traditional medicine. But there are substitutes for it even there.
I don’t know the statistics on it, but your mention of pot prescription-mill doctors sounds about right.
I'm not a RP supporter, but I have to speak up for him here. He has not once advocated drugs for children. He advocates legal drugs with the same restrictions as alcohol. (Meaning that it's not legal to provide drugs to a person under 21)
deny medicine (pot) to minors??
nope, they won’t and aren’t
Prayers for you, Marie. No one should have to live a life constantly in pain. Whatever medication you need should be decided upon by your doctor and you. Sorry to hear about your troubles!
If we have 51 jurisdictions free to regulate marijuana as they will, we can see where to draw the line to minimize the damage done on both sides of the issue.
It appears that the war on drugs has been a 40 year flop. If I had to guess, I would guess that legalizing marijuana and probably cocaine would cause damage in some quarters, but it would prevent more damage in more quarters. As things stand, there is no way to test that hypothesis. If the Feds get out of the way, there will be 51 laboratories testing to find out where to draw the line. There will be successes and failures, but what we have now is 100% failures.
I say let the states deal with drug laws. The Federal government has its tenticles in too many place.
I know chronic pain is no joke, and I hope you find some relief for it. If cannabis is indeed the only thing that helps, if it’s uniquely indicated for your condition, then I hope there’s some way you are legally able to get it in spite of all the recreational users abusing the system. There are two pain remedies I know legally available to herbalists elsewhere, and there are other treatments available that also don’t need legalization or prescriptions. You’re welcome to mail me here if you’re interested in my discussing them further.
RuPaul just wants attention and he’ll do anything he can to get it.
What’s ridiculous is that the stoners are just as high as they ever were. It’s the law-abiding citizens who’re hurting. And I mean that literally.
If drugs are outlawed, only outlaws will have them...
No, I'm not snarking. It occurred to me that a "War on Guns" would have wreaked similar damage on civil liberties. Perhaps more.
It got rid of 90% of the illegal aliens in my town.
The seeds are as a diuretic but they have almost 0% THC and thus no euphoric value.
The Federal government should be in charge of REGULATINGABSOLUTELYEVERYTHING!
This Dr Paul just doesn’t seem to get that.
Crackheads are bad, no knock searches and the guilty until proven innocent of the DEA’s judicial (and extra judicial) procedures are far, far worse.
I'm confused. Isn't this the situation now? California (or one of those wacko states) already has a medical marijuana law, doesn't it?
ML/NJ
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