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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She’d have been better off just pointing out how horribly destructive to our liberty the ‘war on (some) drugs’ has been. Back in the day, when people still more or less understood that our government was designed to be one of limited powers, it was necessary to pass a constitutional amendment to ban the sale of alcohol. That worked out really well, so it was repealed by another amendment. Unfortunately, many of the drug laws we are saddled with today reach back to precedents established during prohibition for their legitimacy. Strange, isn’t it, that the repeal of prohibition didn’t seem to have any effect on laws that were based on it?


18 posted on 08/22/2012 6:50:14 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: zeugma
Unfortunately, many of the drug laws we are saddled with today reach back to precedents established during prohibition for their legitimacy. Strange, isn’t it, that the repeal of prohibition didn’t seem to have any effect on laws that were based on it?

The drug laws we are saddled with today reach back to that steaming sack of socialist sophistry we refer to in polite company as the "New Deal Commerce Clause" for their legitimacy.

They have nothing remotely resembling a properly codified and ratified enumeration of power upon which to rest, they sit on a pile of crap.

20 posted on 08/22/2012 7:07:33 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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