Therein lies the rub. "We" aren't all arguing about making it easier to smoke pot. Some of us are just arguing that the authority to make that decision was never granted to the federal government.
Every state has it's own laws about marijuana, and if every federal law about it were taken off the books tomorrow all the state laws would still be in place.
ENDING THE FEDERAL DRUG WAR WILL NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
The liberals have to be absolutely loving seeing these kinds of debates go on because it means they've sucessfully taken the idea of a republic, and what it means to have one out of the public consciousness.
But there are those here on this very thread who are not just wanting to end the WOD (not a bad thing, at least not as it is now) they also want to legalize pot...
Yes two different but very connected issues.
And yes I would support ending the war on drugs and leaving it up to the states. It worked better that way anyways.
The only thing the FEDs do is keep it out at the border leaving us to deal with the homegrown stuff.