“We need to get the federal government out of it. “
Stop electing Federal Drug Warriors!
I’ll bet that all of the presidential candidates with the exception of the Libertarians and maybe Peace and Freedom would be Warriors, at least on paper.
And Senate candidates usually are, even Boxer and DiFi vote for tough laws.
When a candidate loses because of his tough stance on pot laws, the next dozen candidates will have changed their minds.
Bottom line is, we have the laws we have because a majority of Americans want it that way and support politicians who promise to keep it that way.
Otherwise they simply would not get elected.
As long as it's about the pot, instead of about the Constitution it will probably stay that way.
Do they not understand or not care what the cost is in terms of damage to republic as an institution, and corrosion to the balance of powers?