The DEA has failed to eradicate marijuana. Now Congress wants it to stop trying.

Washington Post ^ | November 27, 2015 | Christopher Ingraham

[ConservingFreedom]

Cannabis tincture was part of western pharmacology when the first federal regulation was enacted during FDRs administration.

Which is one reason they banned it under its Mexican name of "marihuana".

[tacticalogic]

Which is one reason they banned it under its Mexican name of "marihuana".

There was no small amount of linguistic legerdemain involved in banning hemp by "taxing marijuana".

[theBuckwheat]

“I think smoking pot is foolish. It is simply that I also think that cops enforcing laws against it are more of a threat to my welfare and civil liberties than potheads are.”

Yes, exactly my reasons as well. Never smoked it either. Don’t have any intentions to smoke it. But I am not willing to shoot someone in the head if they refuse to comply with my demand for them to not have a single leaf of the plant, let alone smoke it.

I am in favor of government requiring people who operate vehicles on public roads to be sober, that is to not be impaired by drugs or booze. That is, were the consumption of any substance could directly endanger the lives of others.

I really don’t want the government to have the power to arrest my money when I exercise my unalienable right of travel.

[Little Ray]

My personal opinion is that the cops should not be able to put up checkpoints for alcohol (or drugs) but should test for it when there are accidents or when drivers are stopped for reckless driving - and if they are present, there should be a major escalation of the charges.