Posted on 08/11/2016 8:04:36 AM PDT by Wolfie
Only Congress can make laws, and cannot delegate. How can the DEA legally do such a thing? Because We The Sheeple never do anything about the illegal actions of our government.
There is the irony, or something: A lot of the benefit of pot (the anti-inflammatory qualities, the relaxing properties, the palliative properties) are absolutely not related to THC.
All those above-mentioned things are a product not of THC but rather the class called terpenes, which already occur in plants that we use every day.
For instance, the thing in pot that relaxes people is a terpene called “Linalool”, and it is the exact same thing in lavender that relaxes people. It is a perfectly legal substance.
You can grow poppies. It’s just illegal to score the pods and collect the sap.
While I certainly support State laws against various domestically produced drugs, and laws forbidding the importation of others, there is no delegated power given the federal to regulate agriculture or manufacturing within the jurisdiction of any State. Just as with federal gun control laws: the vast majority of application of these federal regulations are not constitutional.
I do not want to dispute a fellow FReeper, but your statement is absolutely not true. Marinol is a poor substitute. The trope "marinol does it better" is false.
That’s going to piss off all the libertarian drug advocates. And you don’t want to piss them off because they’ll... they’ll forget to... they won’t remember to...
head for the nearest bar when their tour of duty is over
Well maybe whenever they want to.....Part of the/an investigation.....
It’s a Drug stuff agency. The more “stuff” they have to chase, the more money they make. Regardless if they’re justified. It’s all about money.
Except you can't really control the dosage. Some patients complain Marinol leaves them unable to even hold a conversation because they are basically forced to take more than they need or want. Not to mention the expense.
Shouldn’t our elected representatives in the House and the Senate, have the final say regarding this subject ??
Then the President could sign the bill, or veto the bill.
Maybe you want to reply to #29.
You have states legalizing it and these guys continue to make their major concern. Pot is bulky. It grows practically anywhere. Easiest to detect with dogs and by odor if a car is pulled over. Pot is the DEA gravy train.
Too much money to be made by the judicial industrial complex.
And yet, what is the gross interdiction rate? 10%?
No government really wants to “win” this war.
It also is a dangerous principle to look to an item (or absence thereof) for what should be sought in the realm of personal responsibility and, yes, divine help.
“This is stupid government in action.
Not even allowing medical research of A PLANT THAT GROWS THAT GOD MADE.”
It’s all about who profits. Right now, it’s the lawyers and private prison industry.
Where were you when I was planting that heroin? That was $7.500 you could have saved me!
Maybe I can grow those poppies you’re talking about and change the man-cave blueprints over to plans for an opium den. And make a pot garage while I’m at it.
Yep, definitely stuck on stupid.
No. See Tenth Amendment.
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