I'm a staunchly anti-marijuana conservative who whole-heartedly agrees with you. As long as I'm understanding you as saying that states should reserve the right to criminialize pot. But would you be in favor of the Feds helping to enforce "bleed over" from states which legalize weed to, or through, states which criminalize it to some degree?
Kansas borders Colorado to the east. Kansas should have the right to completely criminalize marijuana possession, use, buying, selling, etc within its borders. My fear is that people on the border, who live and work in separate states, will inevitably break the law in Kansas. Is this a standing problem that we want? Is it even manageable?
State’s rights are state’s rights.
As far as I’m concerned they could stand a foot inside their border and blow smoke. And get 15 years in pound you in the a** state prison if they stumble in the wrong direction.
there will always be this problem, be it with guns, cannabis, or fireworks. The solution is almost always less federal government and more state’s rights. If it’s a criminal conspiracy then that is a legitimate target for the FBI. But there is seldom a situation that the fedgov can’t nake worse, don’t you agree?