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To: tacticalogic
And up until about 1937 we had about 160 years' worth of "long-standing doctrine" that said they couldn't.

Cite?

Whiskey was subjected to federal taxation and regulation since the 1st Congress, and to state regulations even earlier.

"Some form of limitation on spirits has been part of this continent's history since the first European settlers arrived. Originally, these limitations were imposed to prevent drunkenness among the colonists."

"Though cannabis was widely cultivated in America for three hundred years, both as a fiber resource and for its medicinal properties, its use as an intoxicant was rare until the beginning of the twentieth century."

97 posted on 09/18/2002 11:01:53 AM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Roscoe
That's a tax issue, not an ICC issue.
105 posted on 09/18/2002 11:19:48 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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