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Debate:Should marijuana be legalized? (view source)
Revision as of 14:49, February 24, 2017
, 14:49, February 24, 2017Added my two cents to the legal status of marijuana mentioning States' Rights
Think about this and you'll see my point.
Think about this and you'll see my point.
==State's Rights/Tenth Amendment==
Regardless of whether or not marijuana is harmful in the long-term, any issue not mentioned in the United States Constitution should be left up to each and every state to decide how the matter should be decided. This includes [[Obergefell v. Hodges]] where the Supreme Court unconstitutionally decalred that homosexual marriage was to be legal in all 50 states.
I am worried about [https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-white-house-is-for-states-rights-except-when-it-s-against-them-b57c55409e89?gi=36ccfe6420e4 federal breaches to the 10th amendment]. While I would never use the drug myself for recreational purposes, I think we'd be saving money by removing marijuana from the list of drugs outlawed by the Federal government if we actually recognized the States' right to rule themselves on matters the Constitution don't mention. We could go back and forth about whether or not recreational marijuana is Satan reincarnated as a plant, but no outcome of that will reduce my concern about the Consitution becoming "a living breathing document" by extension.
On a side note, wasn't hemp historically used to make sailcloth? I know it isn't the same cannabis plant the druggies use, but I think it's amusing to think of a formidable British Royal Navy of Ships of the Line (possibly) historically built upon hemp. --[[User:KommissarReb|KommissarReb]] ([[User talk:KommissarReb|talk]]) 9:50, 24 February 2017 (EDT)
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