By Douglas V. Gibbs
Cigarettes are bad, sugary sodas must be taxed to stop you from drinking them, Trans-Fats are a villian - but Marijuana smoking is no problem. . .
Or at least that seems to be the message we get from the Democrats.
According to the New York Times, the Democrats have decided that people who use marijuana for medical purposes, and those who distribute the drug to these people, should not face federal prosecution, provided they act according to state law - or at least that is the statement from the U.S. Justice Department.
The explanation, in the short version, is that going after medical marijuana users is not good use of federal prosecutor's time, so they would rather not pursue the cases.
We are assured that this position does not mean that the judiciary is encouraging, or embracing, medical marijuana - just that the prosecutors have more important things to worry about than a bunch of pot smokers that claim they need to smoke a blunt for medical reasons.
Interestingly, the constitutionality of the federal raids (or the lack of constitutional authority thereof) is never mentioned, or considered.
Once again, the Obama Administration, and the idiots he has surrounded himself with, fail to recognize the U.S. Constitution, and how it applies.
Understand that I am not a fan of medical marijuana laws, and I am personally against such legislation - but, the U.S. Constitution does not address drugs as being under the authority of the federal government, so any laws regarding drugs (including marijuana) are the responsibility of the states. Therefore, if California desires to make medical marijuana laws, it is their business as a state, and the federal government has no jurisdiction over it.
In other words, the federal raids on medical marijuana labs in California are unconstitutional.
Understanding this, it is interesting that Obama is announcing the feds will be backing off on prosecuting medical marijuana cases, as they should - but their reasoning is all wrong. They want to back off because it is basically too time consuming for them - they have better things to do.
It never crossed any of their minds to check with the U.S. Constitution and see if it was even within their authority to have an opinion about state laws regarding medical marijuana in the first place.
And for those of you about to argue with me using the U.S. Code, those federal anti-drug laws are unconstitutional. Drug legislation falls under the authority of the states, and the federal government has no jurisdiction over such laws as per the U.S. Constitution.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Justice to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use - New York Times
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