Posted on 12/30/2001 1:25:13 AM PST by NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
True, so what?
>>(2) The illegal importation, manufacture, distribution, and possession and improper use of controlled substances have a substantial and detrimental effect on the health and general welfare of the American people.<<
Complete false bald faced lie. The "improper" use of anything can have a detrimental effect, so what?
>>(3) A major portion of the traffic in controlled substances flows through interstate and foreign commerce. Incidents of the traffic which are not an integral part of the interstate or foreign flow, such as manufacture, local distribution, and possession, nonetheless have a substantial and direct effect upon interstate commerce because-- (A) after manufacture, many controlled substances are transported in interstate commerce, (B) controlled substances distributed locally usually have been transported in interstate commerce immediately before their distribution, and (C) controlled substances possessed commonly flow through interstate commerce immediately prior to such possession. (4) Local distribution and possession of controlled substances contribute to swelling the interstate traffic in such substances. (5) Controlled substances manufactured and distributed intrastate cannot be differentiated from controlled substances manufactured and distributed interstate. Thus, it is not feasible to distinguish, in terms of controls, between controlled substances manufactured and distributed interstate and controlled substances manufactured and distributed intrastate. (6) Federal control of the intrastate incidents of the traffic in controlled substances is essential to the effective control of the interstate incidents of such traffic.<<
This could be stated about anything and is therefore meaningless. It implies congress has the right to prohibit anything it damn well pleases.
>>(7) The United States is a party to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and other international conventions designed to establish effective control over international and domestic traffic in controlled substances.<<
So what? do treaties like this bit of toilet paper trump the US Constitution? Our friends in Europe who all signed this same treaty are nearly all violating it right now. Besides, how much evidence do you need to see that laws do not provide "effective control" of consensual behavior. They never have in history and they never will.
Hmmm. I'm thinking if we just get rid of the pesky "innocent until proven guilty" notion we have this little problem wrapped up jiffy-quick. Lock up everyone and no one gets out until they can prove they've never done anything than anyone would consider wrong.
Approx. half of 370+ posts say it doesn't.
I understand the spirit in which you are posting. You feel you are loosing some liberties/rights/freedoms.
The reason I think we just can't let everything go wild is many people are irresponsible and have no concept of where to draw the line on their own.
I think that is the reason there had to be laws and boundries.
A fact is that growing drug addicts would be evil and there is no good excuse to be irresposible and form an illegal drug use habit. It's more about good and evil rather than about only Federal this or that.
Approx. half of 370+ posts say it doesn't.
Lotta America-haters on FR lately.
Fortunately, no one but us brave souls (Roscoe, Cultural Jihad, Dane, A CA GUYet al) read what you libertarian knotheads write here.
As far as the Congressional law about drug enforcement - are you saying it was a 5-4 split as well? Have Libertarians or the ACLU challenged this in court?
-------------------- Glad to see you're taking my advice of 259. The above isn't really much of a wise crack, [to stupid about 'vague'], but at least you aren't showing us your real persona.
What about growing soap opera addicts? Jenny Jones had a guest kill another guest. Federal laws needed to outlaw some parts of TV?
They know they would be laughed out of court 9-0.
Unfortunately for liberty, you lack the ability to comprehend what you read.
Stuff it avocato.
I note that individual rights scare you.
The can of worms get more and more involved in legalization.
Every economists article about the leagalizing of all drugs say it will grow addicts greaty based on other places where it has come to pass.
It is evil. Let it die out. Don't use illegal drugs.
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