By Douglas V. Gibbs
We already know that smoking pot is a dangerous activity. Spend time with a pot-head, and it doesn't take you long to determine what studies are revealing (as if they didn't know this before) regarding marijuana's damaging effects on brain cells.
The study found that casual marijuana use among younger Americans cause harm to regions of the mind related to motivation and emotion. For a political agenda that seeks dependents upon the government, pot is right up their alley. Who wants someone motivated enough to achieve, or even find a job?
A drug that kills motivation? No wonder the democrats are lining up to legalize pot.
Now if only they can find a drug that makes people become disgusted when confronted with the truth. The democrats would never lose an election, then!
Understand, like any issue the liberal left takes the wrong side of, it isn't about pot, or whether or not it is less unhealthy than tobacco. It is all about their agenda, and buying votes. It is about appeasing groups the liberal left believes will be more likely to vote democrat if the leftists give them their gift of pot, or whatever else a "group" wants. They will still argue marijuana is safe, and tobacco kills, and they will still do what they can to buy votes. That is what the Left does.
Oh, and back to the original topic, "New Flash, Researchers discover marijuana may not be good for you, hurts your brain cells, and does other stuff drugs do - because it's a [gasp!]. . . drug."
Jeeeez.
Now, that all said, let's run over to the Constitution for a moment.
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes the federal government regarding being able to regulate drugs. No authority granted. Therefore, that would make all federal drug laws unconstitutional.
The Tenth Amendment clearly states that any authority not granted to the federal government, but not prohibited to the States, is an authority "reserved" to the States (after all, before the Constitution the States held ALL authorities). Therefore, the regulation of drugs is a State issue. Therefore, if California, or Washington, or Colorado wants to legalize pot, that is the decision of the State, and the federal government can legally do nothing about it.
"But Doug," I can hear some of you saying. "You said that drugs are bad."
Yes, I believe so. But the law is the law, and if I don't like my State legalizing pot, I have one of three choices. Put up and shut up. Fight to change the law. Or move to a State that agrees with me. The States are like laboratories, testing laws, and other States can then learn from those States. If in Washington and Colorado, the two States that recently legalized pot, the unemployment rate goes up, along with the number of munchies being purchased at the local quickie-mart, the other States can probably figure out why, and make their decisions based on that data.
Whether you think smoking pot is right, or wrong, in the end, it is a State issue.
Of course, there are other ways to kill motivation. . . other than having people smoke marijuana, I mean. Just take away the joys of achievement. Take away incentive. Change the whole system so that nobody loses and everybody is a winner. Do that, and the sentiment eventually becomes, "Why compete?"
Participation trophies so as not to hurt the feelings of the losers is a liberal left mainstay. Heck, President Barack Obama made such a declaration at the White House Easter Egg Hunt, this year. "Everyone's a winner."
Now go home, cash your government dependency check, and live a mediocre life like a good serf.
That's a good little communist.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Casual pot use causes brain abnormalities in the young: study - Yahoo News
Obama: "Everybody's a Winner!" - The Weekly Standard
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