There is a constitutional amendment against slavery, which states do not have the authority to defy.
Where is the constitutional amendment that forbids the states from legalizing marijuana or allows fedgov to regulate intrastate mj?
History repeats itself. Late 1960’s, marijuana was almost legal...open use was prevalent, many cities had a look the oher way policy. The mj trafficing from Mexico was hugh and series.
Then heroin came to town. This was before pill mills and all that nonsense. It was getting sold to the lower level dealers by the middlemen. The gangs were pleased because they could make more money with one mule than with 10 trucks. Or boats. Plus, the mule was usually some dopey junky no one cared about.
Anyone who remembers the end of the sixties remembers meth, heroin and the growing number of deaths and increase in vioent crime. This is not as simple a story as it is made out to be. History repeats.
The average heroin user buys it from someone they know, and probably someone they smoke pot with. It doesn’t fall from the sky. The cartels are not going to give up their power to some jagov in CO because he has a rinky dink store. When they want to take the market back, they will. Right now, they are thriled with our dopey laws and inability to pass legislation properly. The cartels are patient, they’ll wait until someone finally realizes what they are doing and starts to take drugs seriously. It isn’t just a plant, it’s a multi-billion dollar a year industry that spreads into so many other things, supporting guns, slave trade and you name it.
Like the man said in the Godfather...”they are bigger than US Steel.” And they aren’t going to give it up without a real viscious fight.