“Considering how ‘medical’ marijuana has worked out in the places that have adopted it, I think he should reconsider. It’s gone from growing your own for private use, to buying at a shop, to lollipops, pizzas, brownies containing it for sale. It’s a mockery of the people in those states who naively believed it would be the compassionate thing to vote for.
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For Paul, it’s a Tenth Amendment action: control of marijuana policy passes back to the states. Here in Arizona we just legalized, and are waiting for “clarification” from the feds. Your state is welcome to keep it banned if it wishes.
I understand the 10th Amendment action it is for Paul, and that states can make their own laws; New York might choose the same thing Arizona has.
If it’s legal in Arizona and there’s a porous international border with a major producer and exporter, how will that affect the rest of the country? Will every state also have to have import restrictions of its own on this, if they decide to keep it illegal? Are bags going to need separate state-level inspection and scanning for agricultural products when traveling interstate, like there is in Hawaii? These are also my concerns.
It’s the right position for Tea Party Republicans / Conservative Republicans.
There are Big Government Republicans who oppose it.