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To: nopardons
Are you saying that cocaine, meth, fentanyl, heroin, and opium should all be made legal....

”Made legal.” Just throwing it out there that, in the country as founded, those things were not “illegal.” They were made illegal, by specious means (at the federal level). Wouldn’t a reschediling of marijuana, federally, just throw the matter back to the States, where it rightly (Constitutionally) belongs?

In the recent past Oregon tried the “legalization” scheme. It was initiated by a direct vote of the people, (democracy) and reversed by legislative action (representative republicanism) when it was found to be stupid.

161 posted on 05/01/2024 6:17:25 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

“Wouldn’t a rescheduling of marijuana, federally, just throw the matter back to the States, where it rightly (Constitutionally) belongs?”

Sadly, no; rescheduling reduces but doesn’t renounce federal control.


163 posted on 05/01/2024 6:20:08 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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