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To: Ken H
Doesn't the Tenth Amendment reserve that power to the States?

Yes, for such things as possession and use, and well me must. Feds can regulate commerce, though.

I'm not for every bit of our current WOD. I'm for sane prohibition of narcotics. Contrary to what some Libertarians say, there is no "Right to be Stoned," hanging around somewhere.

52 posted on 01/09/2003 11:26:28 PM PST by unspun (The People have the freedom to legislate against narcotics, says the 10th Amendment.)
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To: unspun
The fact is that Federal bureaucracies are calling the shots in just about every domestic social issue in the United States.

The Feds take the lion's share of the taxes and dole it out as they damn well please. How much do we pay in Federal Taxes, FICA taxes, Federal gas taxes, Federal airline taxes, etc.?

It has bought us federally controlled education, leftist environmental policies, a hugely expensive health care system, and 3 generations of welfare dependency.

The Federal WOD is cut from the same cloth as all of the above mentioned debacles.

Jim Robinson, in his postings and his "mission statement" on FR homepage, says they are all unconstitutional, and that they all must go.

53 posted on 01/10/2003 12:01:21 AM PST by Ken H
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To: unspun
I'm for sane prohibition of narcotics.

That's an oxymoron. Drug prohibition promotes violent crime and dangerous drug usage. The only people who benefit from drug prohibition are criminals and corrupt bureaucrats. Why are you their friend?

55 posted on 01/10/2003 4:29:13 AM PST by ravinson
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To: unspun
Feds can regulate commerce

Only INTERSTATE commerce. They have no Constitutional authority to regulate the intrastate making, distirbuting, selling, buying, or using of any drugs.

60 posted on 01/10/2003 6:42:23 AM PST by MrLeRoy
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To: unspun
Contrary to what some Libertarians say, there is no "Right to be Stoned," hanging around somewhere.

It's right there with your right to eat tomatoes.

67 posted on 01/10/2003 6:59:36 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
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