Posted on 06/23/2011 3:33:06 PM PDT by Crush
I don’t think federal prohibition using the commerce clause is in keeping with its original meaning. Nor do I justify it - the questions I ask aren’t generally rhetorical.
40 YEARS ago, I knew a girl with cancer who smoked MJ in the HOSPITAL for her pain.....it did NOTHING except get her HIGH where she FORGOT about her pain....it didn’t take it away....PLUS sthe extract is in pill form which none of these potheads wantto take because it doesn’t get them high.
40 YEARS ago, I knew a girl with cancer who smoked MJ in the HOSPITAL for her pain.....it did NOTHING except get her HIGH where she FORGOT about her pain....it didn’t take it away....PLUS sthe extract is in pill form which none of these potheads wantto take because it doesn’t get them high.
Not sure...I've been overseas for the better part of the past seven-plus years. That's why I was asking. I know crack was one of the big things driving the gangs before I left, but that could have changed.
I never really knew of a lot of violence associated with pot. (And yes, I partook in my younger days.)
Let's say you are 100% correct. Do you think fedgov has legitimate authority under the Commerce Clause to outlaw medical marijuana? Or, do you think states have that power reserved to them under the Tenth Amendment?
There’s no legalization here.
It just allows the States to make the choice.
It’s the right position for Tea Party Republicans / Conservative Republicans.
There are Big Government Republicans who oppose it.
You must be one of those awful Constitutional Conservatives.
Don’t you know, drugs are bad. /sarc.
Actually, Ron Paul has a lot to say about government's assaults on individual liberties. And his son, Sen. Rand Paul made a splash a couple of months ago when he tore some DOE functionary a new one over the stupid requirements for low-flush (i.e., no-flush) toilets and banning of incandescent light bulbs, which, irony of ironies, was signed into law by none other than George W. Bush. Nannies come in all colors, but mostly red and blue.
Please don't let your military blinders obscure your vision, as there is much more to Ron Paul than his being anti-war. Some of his positions you may even find you are in agreement with him on.
He has a lot to say about multitude of things. He just never does much. And then when he finally does, it comes in the form of cozying up with Barney Frank about marijuana.
Some of his positions you may even find you are in agreement with him on.
Oh, on rare occasions, I have been in full agreement with some of the things he has said. In fact, I gave him kudos here on FR for his remarks prior to the bailout vote in October '08. He makes a lot of sense in the economic arena for the most part.
But there are things I can't stand about him and it's not just his wacked-out foreign policy. The guy votes with the left half the time and is a big hypocrite when it comes to earmarks.
Please don't let your military blinders obscure your vision, as there is much more to Ron Paul than his being anti-war.
I'm not in the military, although I do admire and support our troops, so no need for you to be snarky. I certainly won't support a politician that pals around with Code Pink types, Stormfront types and endorses people like Adam Kokesh.
And don't even get me started on the behavior of most of his cult members....sheesh.
either or both.
If fedgov does not have authority under the Commerce Clause, then the power is reserved to the states alone.
So which of the above is in keeping with the original Commerce Clause, in your opinion?
Let it be the states......not many states that would be stupid enough to legalize pot. Pot makes one stupid.
Wouldn’t forgetting about the pain, be a good thing in her case?
Ironic and heartbreaking, considering that the Northeast was the heartland of America's original conservative ideology: Hamiltonian Federalism.
It was Republican right up to the New Deal as well.
FDR screwed this nation big time. Wilson teed it up for him too I guess. Neither one of them had any real respect for the Constitution.
True, but my point was that at one time the Midwest and Southeast were radical while the Northeast and West Coast were conservative. Check the results of the Election of 1896: the exact opposite of the way the states go now.
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