Posted on 11/18/2016 5:28:34 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
United States Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions is against legal marijuana and once said “good people don’t smoke marijuana.”
What does that mean for Washington State, where voters legalized marijuana?
(Excerpt) Read more at kiro7.com ...
It really doesn’t matter what he thinks; this has gone too far. To bust the pot shops and growers in a legalized state would require an army of DEA agents and virtual martial law. State LE will not arrest people for doing something legal under state law regardless of what the US AG says.
Weed is great!!
Unless you’re an airline pilot. Or a nuclear power plant operator. Or drive an 18-wheeler. Or a brain surgeon. Or President of the United States.....
Singapore has the right idea regarding druggies.
Good conservatives don't promote drugs.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1454.ZS.html/
Of particular relevance here is Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111, 127—128, where, in rejecting the appellee farmer’s contention that Congress’ admitted power to regulate the production of wheat for commerce did not authorize federal regulation of wheat production intended wholly for the appellee’s own consumption, the Court established that Congress can regulate purely intrastate activity that is not itself “commercial,” i.e., not produced for sale, if it concludes that failure to regulate that class of activity would undercut the regulation of the interstate market in that commodity. The similarities between this case and Wickard are striking. In both cases, the regulation is squarely within Congress’ commerce power because production of the commodity meant for home consumption, be it wheat or marijuana, has a substantial effect on supply and demand in the national market for that commodity. In assessing the scope of Congress’ Commerce Clause authority, the Court need not determine whether respondents’ activities, taken in the aggregate, substantially affect interstate commerce in fact, but only whether a “rational basis” exists for so concluding. E.g., Lopez, 514 U.S., at 557. Given the enforcement difficulties that attend distinguishing between marijuana cultivated locally and marijuana grown elsewhere, 21 U.S.C. § 801(5), and concerns about diversion into illicit channels, the Court has no difficulty concluding that Congress had a rational basis for believing that failure to regulate the intrastate manufacture and possession of marijuana would leave a gaping hole in the CSA. Pp. 12—20.
High, Ethan. Hope you have a great evening :)
...or stagger off the sidewalk in front of my car, and make me late for work.
... or forget that I ordered one cream with my coffee.
... or hold up the line trying to decide just about anything faster than on octogenarian would.
The more you smoke, the more liberal you become.
the more you smoke, the more scarred your lungs become...but it doesn’t make you more or less stupid...
if it is legalized throughout the land, it should be available only in capsule form...
That’s a futile effort that, hopefully, won’t get fought.
If Sessions goes after states for legalizing Marijuana then the Trump Administration will loose support it would otherwise have among significant groups.
Trump didn’t run on it and should stick to his primary goals of guarding our borders and stopping the following: illegal immigration, high taxes, regulation, stupid trade deals and endless M.E. wars.
One of the greatest victories of Libertarianism is that marijuana gummy-bears are now available in Colorado. In fact libertarians should celebrate this magnificent intellectual achievement by beginning their libertarian calendars with the year marijuana gummy bears were introduced. Like Anno 1 Libertariano Gummi Bearum.
The real question at this point is, does it make more stupid Democrats than stupid Republicans?
He created MS-DOS, so back off.
Bah. All it would take is a few executions. Just ask Singapore.
If it ain't, it oughta be...
Good people don’t smoke marijuana
They don’t take their trips on LSD
They don’t burn their draft cards down on Main Street
They like livin’ right and bein’ free
Yeah, Washington state where Seattle has a statue of Lenin in a city park! Commie Country for sure!
How so?
What you are promoting is giving the Federal Government authority it doesn't have. That's how 1.5 million babies have been murdered every year since 1974.
Nice going, "conservative."
I take cannabis for my leg cramps and back pain.
It’s a godsend to me. The alternative is heavy pharmaceuticals.
I am a conservative.
The WoD stances I read here depart from conservative philosophy, IMHO.
“And in any case, self-lobotomized leftists are easier to deal with.”
Has occurred to me also. Sobriety is a useful weapon!
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