Posted on 11/16/2011 12:53:06 PM PST by LonelyCon
At a campaign stop in Urbandale, Iowa, Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said he supports letting states establish their own laws regarding medical marijuana. "If states want to legalize medical marijuana, I think that's a state's right," Cain said, according to NBC News. "Because one of my overriding approaches to looking at all of these issue --most of them belong at the state, because when you do something federally . . . you try to force one-size-fits-all." The federal government restricts consumption of marijuana under current law, but 16 states and the District of Columbia have passed measures to allow use of the drug in some form, causing friction between federal and state authorities. Despite support in years past from President Obama for reforming federal marijuana laws, the Drug Enforcement Agency continues to raid dispensaries that operate where marijuana use is legal on the state level. A Gallup Poll conducted in October found that half of the population supports legalizing the drug. Cain's fellow GOP presidential candidates Texas Rep. Ron Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have also voiced support for allowing state and local discretion
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It is ironic that the 0bama appointed U.S. Attorneys in California are closing down the pot shops. Bush’s U.S. Attorneys looked the other way and allowed them to stay open and sell American product grown by Americans. Now the Mexican cartels will fill the void. I would not be suprised if the Mexican cartels used their political influence to accomplish this.
Overturn Wickard v Filburn, and let the chips fall.
I wasn’t making a comment about states rights...
I was commenting on how Cain’s statement might play...
Cain holds the same position as Perry.
Ba-zonggggggggggggggggggggggg
[ Can the states also legalize murder, rape and child molestation?
ugh
I wish we had a real candidate in this race. ]
All of those are covered by state stautes which means that for murder in texas you can get the death penalty and in New York max is life in prison. If the Dems had their way they would want those under federal control and if the feds said no death penalty they wouldn’t be able execute jack squat in texas.
The feds only get involved in the above cases if the victim or perpetrator was a FEDERAL employee.
I think he wants out. He can’t stand the heat. He was a tobacco lobbyist in the 90’s so his statement here is just another smoking gun.
Better out now than after another hope and change mistake.
I support it. The DEA should get out of the business of going after sick Americans and go after the dangerous drug cartels. Its an agency that has lost sight of its true mission - to protect America from organized crime and the dangerous drugs.
You can’t “loosen restrictions” without taking it off Schedule 1, can you?
Herman Cain does not believe the Federal government should meddle in issues which he thinks belongs to the states, and I think he is correct. The people have more to say about what the state does than the Fed. So I understand why Herman Cain answers the way he does.
He is for smaller government where the people have more control over their lives. Most policies which concern the people directly are best handled closer to home.
But, Mr. Cain, abortion is murder, and murder is a serious crime all over the country. So I am for an appeal of Roe vs Wade.
There are killings which are legal in some states and murder in others (for example, in Texas it is legal to kill someone who is in the process of stealing your car from your driveway; in New York, that would be murder).
I think this is great. I seriously never smoked pot but why spend so much money on a drug that is all natural? I guess they have made it a bit stronger than it used to be but the amount of money we spend on legal and police are astronomical. Cain is for smaller government and I am all for it.
[ I’m not in favor of outright legalization all at once but think it could be acceptable over time to give the inevitable regulation a chance to keep pace. ]
They tried a national ban on alcohol and that worked out pretty poorly. So now you have “dry counties”. If a state legalizes pot there is nothing to say that a county couldn’t apply the same standard to alcohol and make their county a “Dry county” in this case it would be a “Potless County”.
You give the feds more control to serve your interestes and eventually they will use that same power you have given them against your interests inthe future.
Dope....
Back when people had respect for our founding documents they had to pass a constitutional amdendment for the federal government to have the authority to “control” a substance.
But I guess just like Obamacare, the war on (some) drugs is covered somewhere in the pnumbra of the Constitution.
Agree. We got nuthin'.
How the hell did this happen? Obama is going to win again, but only because the GOP is the stupid party.
[ Can the states also legalize murder, rape and child molestation?
There are killings which are legal in some states and murder in others (for example, in Texas it is legal to kill someone who is in the process of stealing your car from your driveway; in New York, that would be murder). ]
NAILED IT!!!!! I would rather live in Texas than in New York especially if someone was stealing my car or breaking into my house.
As for Child Molestation, some states have absurdly low ages for when teenagers can get married, so they have already done that when compared to other states.
I just read the excerpt, but I’m seeing this as MEDICAL marijuana. A far cry from legalizing ALL marijuana.
Or is it? Slippery slope here.
Cain needs to be careful. If he even HINTS that legalizing dope should be a States Rights Issue.. then he’s toast. No better than RoPaul.
This fits in with the overall philosophy Cain is putting forward: that too many decisions are made at the federal level that should be made at the state level. When put in that context, I think it will play just fine.
BTW, this is the exact same position Gov. Perry holds, so it's well within the consrvative mainstream.
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