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To: JustSayNoToNannies; ansel12; Yardstick
- that liberty means being free to make unwise choices such as drug use,
- that the only demonstrable effect of the War on Drugs is to hyperinflate drug profits and channel those profits into criminal hands, and
- that federal interference in within-state drug matters is unconstitutional.


99 posted on 04/20/2013 2:59:33 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (You must be hated by Evil.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; ansel12; Yardstick
- that liberty means being free to make unwise choices such as drug use,
- that the only demonstrable effect of the War on Drugs is to hyperinflate drug profits and channel those profits into criminal hands, and
- that federal interference in within-state drug matters is unconstitutional.

•There are people who want to unwisely drive faster than the speed limit.

Speeding is inherently hazardous to others. Drug use is not; it can be hazardous to others when combined with other acts, e.g. driving, but that's no more an argument for banning drugs than it is for banning driving.

•Supposed hyper-inflated drug prices are only a concern to the criminal drug users transferring their money to the criminal drug sellers.

Clearly false - once they're in criminal hands they're a concern to every potential victim of the criminals' enhanced resources for crime.

•Article VI of the U.S. Constitution contains the supremacy clause, which makes federal laws the “supreme law of the land” and forces states to follow the U.S. Constitution and all federal laws

And the U.S. Constitution limits the federal government to explicitly enumerated powers that don't include banning within-state drug making, transporting, selling, or using.

102 posted on 04/20/2013 3:10:41 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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