They will never, under any circumstances, relinquish that power.
The drug laws are what enabled the feral government to take over the entire health care system.
They need to let people do drugs freely, let’s hope that the low downs kill themselves, I’m tired of trying to force people to make wise choices. If people realized no one will stop them for poisoning themselves...but why put ourselves in harms way to stop them from being stupid.
“The feral government derives too much power from the war on drugs that aren’t under the control of the big-government/big-corporate criminal complex.
They will never, under any circumstances, relinquish that power.”
I agree with your statement. What will be intereting is when the states that are now legalizing marijuana find that they too can profit — they will build big state regulatory agencies and collect taxes, taxes and more taxes — all f which will go towards self-perpetuating their larger governments and their power.
Then it will be a battle royale over states’ rights v federal government intrusion and extra-constitutional activities. Which one gets the power?
No government, local, state or feral relenquishes power easily. I see the legalization of marijuana by states as a conservative’s dream issue. It promotes federalism, adheres to states’ rights, limits federal government, grants individual liberty and (through social Darwinism) may eventually promote individual responsibility.