Chron to Feds: Pass the Joint, Man

www.chronwatch.com ^ | September 6th, 2002 | Adam Sparks

[sfwarrior]

The Chronicle is now complaining about how the feds are enforcing the marijuana laws in the wake of a pot bust in Santa Cruz. Many readers may recall when the Chron was ridiculing Prop. 187, the initiative passed by the voters, that would have prohibited all sorts of governmental assistance to illegal aliens. The Chron came out both with a series of editiorials and stories slanted to show that this was not only a cruel inititiave but that it flew in the face of federal laws. Of course no federal laws controlled the state's willingness to dispense its dollars to whomever it likes, but despite of this the liberal 9th Circuit Court agreed with Chron editors and Prop. 187 was revoked.

[sfwarrior]

Go read the full story, click on the link.

[dark_lord]

Article [IX.]

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Article [X.]

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

IMO, the federal drug laws are unconstitutional. This is a state's rights issue. I am not an illegal drug user - but I do believe that the federal government has unconstitutionally taken away the rights of the individual and separate states to make their own decisions here.