Posted on 03/15/2015 4:01:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The recent signing of a medical marijuana bill by GOP Sens. Rand Paul and Dean Heller hasn’t gone unnoticed. Republican Majority Whip Steve Scalise has introduced a poll on his website, asking people to vote on whether marijuana should be legalized on the federal level.
Scalise in the past has voted down marijuana reform legislation, Marijuana.com reports. On May 30, 2014, Scalise voted against an amendment in the House to prevent the Department of Justice from using funds from its budget to crack down on states that have enacted medical marijuana programs. Later, in July, Scalise voted against legislation to prohibit states from penalizing banks that offer financial services to marijuana companies.
Marijuana advocates see the poll as a possible sign that Scalise may be considering switching his position. Poll results as of late have shown that the country is increasingly moving toward pro-marijuana attitudes. The General Social Survey in particular found that 52 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization. Only 42 percent remain opposed. (RELATED: Survey: Majority Of Americans Support Legal Marijuana)
“This is a great sign because we know that whenever voters are asked their position on marijuana laws, the result always comes out to be strongly pro-legalization,” Tom Angell, chairman of the Marijuana Majority, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “As more politicians begin to engage with their constituents on this topic, they will see how much public support there is for reform and it’ll be much more likely they’ll feel emboldened to take action to upgrade outdated marijuana prohibition policies.”
However, Scalise’s office made it clear that the poll isn’t any indication that the Majority Whip is changing his position.
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Would that you could recognize truth when someone is beating you over the head with it.
Truth isn't whatever you can beat people into accepting.
It also isn't what you are trying to con people into believing.
I'm not telling anyone anything they can't verify for themselves, and I can show them where it's at.
Sorry, my magic Penumbral Emanation Spectacles[tm] are in the shop. I'm afraid you'll have to quote some actual Constitutional text.
Sure. Right after you quote some text that explains how the constitution authorizes us to stop chemical or nuclear weapons.
Who is "us"? The Constitution grants the federal government authority to regulate anything - including chemical or nuclear weapons and their components - that crosses national or state borders; and it leaves to each state the authority to regulate chemical or nuclear weapons and their components within its borders. Are we supposed to be worried that a state will legalize chemical or nuclear weapons?
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