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The war on the constitution is a better moniker.

by Clubber 9y ago

colejohnson66 9y ago
Nowhere in the Constitution is there listed a right to use drugs. [EDIT] maybe I need to read better
- vanattab 9y ago
  Where did drugs come from? I know most of use don't bother to read the actual article but maybe we should at least read the whole title.
  - colejohnson66 9y ago
    I read the title as War on Drugs. Then, like I normally do, I read the comments before the article, and posted that comment before reading.
- Clubber 9y ago
  >Nowhere in the Constitution is there listed a right to use drugs. Even though drugs weren't mentioned, I believe this deserves a rebuttal. The constitution isn't a list of right we have. The constitution is a list of powers the federal government has. A more accurate point would be that the government isn't explicitly granted the power to regulate drugs in the constitution (which it is not). Prohibition required a constitutional amendment (18th) and was repealed with another constitutional amendment (21st). 18th: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat... 21st: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_... This is why the first marijuana prohibition was in essence a tax act, because the federal government has the right to tax. They came up with a scheme to make the possession of marijuana require a tax and they would never issue tax stamps for it, effectively prohibiting it. Power grabbers are sneaky little bastards. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.... Most of the extra-constitutional power the federal government has today was assumed through regulation of inter-state trade (Commerce Clause), which wasn't what it was intended for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause

The war on the constitution is a better moniker.

colejohnson66 9y ago

Nowhere in the Constitution is there listed a right to use drugs. [EDIT] maybe I need to read better

vanattab 9y ago
Where did drugs come from? I know most of use don't bother to read the actual article but maybe we should at least read the whole title.
- colejohnson66 9y ago
  I read the title as War on Drugs. Then, like I normally do, I read the comments before the article, and posted that comment before reading.
Clubber 9y ago
>Nowhere in the Constitution is there listed a right to use drugs. Even though drugs weren't mentioned, I believe this deserves a rebuttal. The constitution isn't a list of right we have. The constitution is a list of powers the federal government has. A more accurate point would be that the government isn't explicitly granted the power to regulate drugs in the constitution (which it is not). Prohibition required a constitutional amendment (18th) and was repealed with another constitutional amendment (21st). 18th: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat... 21st: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_... This is why the first marijuana prohibition was in essence a tax act, because the federal government has the right to tax. They came up with a scheme to make the possession of marijuana require a tax and they would never issue tax stamps for it, effectively prohibiting it. Power grabbers are sneaky little bastards. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.... Most of the extra-constitutional power the federal government has today was assumed through regulation of inter-state trade (Commerce Clause), which wasn't what it was intended for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause