“Are you suggesting that they ought to be completely deregulated?”
At the Federal level and absent an Amendment giving the FedGov that power, yes...
At the State level, that is up to the people of that State.
As for abortion, l4l.org. If it’s human, killing it is murder. Getting tired of restating that.
I’d point-for-point the rest of your post... But i’m typing this on an iPad while my youngest daughter is using me as a jungle gym. My apologies...
“At the Federal level and absent an Amendment giving the FedGov that power, yes”
Well, it’s not going to happen. There’s just too much of a public interest in regulating controlled substances, either at the state or federal level. I don’t have a problem with state regulation, but here’s the problem. States (and the folks on this side of the issue), don’t tend to respect state laws that tell them that they can’t do what they want to do. This is an issue.
If you want state laws, than this cuts both ways. If Texas does not want dope, then the folks in Colorado are going to have to respect that. Instead, what we have been seeing, and will see more of, is importation of dope into Texas, violation of possession laws, etc.
So it really doesn’t work ‘both ways’. It only works one way, were legalization proponents push product all over America.
“I’d point-for-point the rest of your post... But i’m typing this on an iPad while my youngest daughter is using me as a jungle gym. My apologies...”
No problem. Spend time with your daughter. :)