We all believe it is up to the states to decide; however, Federal Judges are deciding.
What are our elected leaders doing about that?
The Jihad on drugs is not limited to one of the “two” parties.
Polly Tishuns will eventually have to follow the will of the people.
And that is for freedom.
However ...
If the GOP came out and said that had a three part strategy:
1) Abolish the IRS and replace it with a Fair Tax
2) Further diminish the oppressive power of the government by SERIOUSLY cutting budgets and trimming social spending
3) Taking a very liberal view on illegal drugs
I think that would be hugely popular.
If people mess up their lives with drugs, they should be on their own. The nanny state might (possibly) have sufficient resources to care for widows and orphans, but people who can't hold a job because they like to get high? Let them die in an alley. It's none of my business.
I understand legalizing pot on libertarian grounds and if it was combined with other attitudes, such as eliminating much of the welfare state, I would consider favoring it.
Legal or illegal, one thing will always remain true, though. You cannot build and sustain a republic with druggies as your citizenry. If it is legal, but people are essentially moral and don’t need a law, its one thing. If people need a law to tell them its immoral, we’ve already got a problem. And, in fact, we have a big problem.
Politico stirring up the pot again.
They never write how issues can affect the Rat party. Nope, it’s always Republicans affected by issues mostly crafted by narratives written by the Rats.
I don’t care what u smoke, just live with the consequences yourself and don’t make others pay when u f@@@ up your life
The greatest fear the Liberals have is that there will be too many people in this world. Smoking pot reduces the sex drive. Liberals love pot.
Will the GOP EVER get off their ass and DO something?
They just react, while the American-way-of-life drains down the toilet bowl.
Marijuana control is to the GOP what gun control is to the dimocrats; a losing proposition. The ground is shifting under our feet and fewer and fewer people support the idea of spending tax dollars to stop a weed.
The “new” queer marriage in the U.S. is that if you want to win elections, you have to keep your base high and/or stupid and promise them lots of government freebies and handouts. Promising them a job and an opportunity to better their lives just doesn’t cut it in America anymore. The voters aren’t interested in that old hokey sh*t.
Just look at the last Oregon election. Liberals put legalized pot on the ballot and liberals swept the state, even in some conservative districts. All the pot heads, who normally stayed out to vote, came out to vote.