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This thread is about America's national drug control strategy and what FReepers think about that policy. It isn't about the second amendment right, to keep and bear arms. I'm a big supporter of my right to own firearms for protection and recreation. I'm also a law and order conservative who supports the federal governments efforts against illicit drugs. If you don't support anti-drug laws and believe the governemnt isn't acting in accordance with the Constitution, then work hard in the political arena to get those drug laws changed. I will continue to support and promote what I consider both a moral and worthwhile effort by the federal government to keep these harmful substances in question, illegal.

This thread is about America's national drug control strategy and what FReepers think about that policy. It isn't about the second amendment right, to keep and bear arms.

My reference to gun rights was as an example. If the Congress cannot pass a law on a subject than any law they do pass is void. Any subject whether it is your favorite or my favorite. FREEDOM IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO GRANT IT TO OTHERS!

So, it remains that there is no authority to prohibit drugs and therefore all those laws are invalid. If you think that the government should use its guns to punish people for using them, that is an issue for state governments with their general police power.

We will then have some states where it remains illegal and others where it will become legal. Then our 50 laboratories of democracy will find out what works better.