So do poppies and coca leaves, but that is beside the point. So long as it is listed as illegal according to Federal law, possession of it should result in prosecutions. If people want to possess this stuff, they need to first change the law, not defy it.
As Victor Davis Hanson points out about "Sanctuary Cities", they rest on the same premise as the Confederacy; that states don't have to obey federal laws they dislike.
So do state laws permitting marijuana possession.
With that post I firmly agree. We are supposed to be a country of laws. If we don’t enforce our laws, we lose credibility.
Someone actually suggested that the best way to eliminate an otherwise unpopular law is to strictly enforce it.
There are some towns that still have laws on the books like requiring any motorized vehicle entering the town to be preceded by someone waving a red lantern. Enforce that one and watch it go away almost immediately.
Same thing here.
BTW, after marijuana was legalized in Washington state, I got a call from my daughter there. She said that the day after it was legalized her company did random drug testing and fired a LOT of people they had been trying to get rid of. They all tested positive for marijuana which, as you point out, is a violation of federal law and a valid reason for termination.
:)