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To: Wolfie
Two words: Drug War. Can’t have that if you follow the existing Constitution.

True. No Federal Drug War.

You could, however, have 50 Drug Wars going on at the State level.

Way too many libertarians don't realize that the Constitution is not a libertarian document. It's a document that established a federal government with limited powers.

State governments had almost no restrictions put onto them by the Constitution. Initially, even the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states, which could and did interfere with freedom of speech and press, for instance.

12 posted on 06/27/2014 5:22:59 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: Sherman Logan
You could, however, have 50 Drug Wars going on at the State level.

You could indeed. But we know of at least two that wouldn't be waging a War On Marijuana - and several more that wouldn't be waging a War On Medicinal Marijuana.

16 posted on 06/27/2014 11:56:32 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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