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There ws a short article in the crime blog on About.com about a man in Colorado, who, on a local television news station talked about growing marijuana for medical use, which is legal in Colorado under certain conditions.
The next day the DEA came to his home, captured about 200 plants and arrested the man. Should he have been arrested by the feds if state law says its okay for him to do what he did?
Please vote in my poll and discuss your feelings about it if you'd like to.
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I voted that the feds should be able to override state law. If not, then what is stopping states from becoming independent sovereign nations like they tried to in the mid-1800's.
Now, I know it wouldn't get that far but that is just a for instance.
Please do not turn this into a debate about slavery or a new Civil War, please keep it to the topic in hand about medical marijuana and the feds vs. the states' laws regarding it.
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Vance,
This will probably be another catch and release deal. As you know drug trafficing puts food on the tables of every DEA and other depratments tables. The question is how long is Marajuana going to be classified as a drug. As soon as a substance is stigmatized as a drug, in many times the crime, such as death, injuries, and associations with crime start to pollute the area and unfortunatly law inforcement plays a more than a key role in germinating the crime.
The answer is to take some lessons from some older nations where a substance, legal or not, does not create slums and guns and murder.
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As soon as a substance is stigmatized as a drug, in many times the crime, such as death, injuries, and associations with crime start to pollute the area and unfortunatly law inforcement plays a more than a key role in germinating the crime.
The answer is to take some lessons from some older nations where a substance, legal or not, does not create slums and guns and murder. I agree with you one hundred percent on that, Professor.
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I don't understand why marijuana is illegal while alcohol is legal. Just curious.
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I voted that the feds should be able to override state law. If not, then what is stopping states from becoming independent sovereign nations like they tried to in the mid-1800's.
Now, I know it wouldn't get that far but that is just a for instance.
Please do not turn this into a debate about slavery or a new Civil War, please keep it to the topic in hand about medical marijuana and the feds vs. the states' laws regarding it. I find that a very interesting vote for you because you have stated in conversations previously that if the FEDS are allowed to overide state laws then what is the point of having them if they are not allowed to be enforced or respected?
If the state allows for medical usage and he had the bags tagged with medical lables, then the FEDS had no business doing what they did. As a matter of fact you agreed with me on that over our morning coffee.
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I voted that the feds should be able to override state law. If not, then what is stopping states from becoming independent sovereign nations like they tried to in the mid-1800's.
Now, I know it wouldn't get that far but that is just a for instance.
Please do not turn this into a debate about slavery or a new Civil War, please keep it to the topic in hand about medical marijuana and the feds vs. the states' laws regarding it. I find that a very interesting vote for you because you have stated in conversations previously that if the FEDS are allowed to overide state laws then what is the point of having them if they are not allowed to be enforced or respected?
If the state allows for medical usage and he had the bags tagged with medical lables, then the FEDS had no business doing what they did. As a matter of fact you agreed with me on that over our morning coffee. First of all, I never agreed with you on that over morning coffee. States are not sovereign nations and in my opinion, have no business making laws that do not coincide with federal laws.
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YES- your opinion is correct that�s all it is not anymore or less.
Once again- if the FEDS can over ride any local laws then what is the point of the local laws then? Why have them?
BTW- thanks for the coffee hun, it taste good!
Last edited by Maureen- Home Improvement; 05/02/10 05:21 PM.
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You said growing marijuana was legal under certain conditions. Did the man meet the conditions? Did he need a permit or some other certification?
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You said growing marijuana was legal under certain conditions. Did the man meet the conditions? Did he need a permit or some other certification? I copied a link to an article about the case here from the Huffington Post. Lynne, apparently the man is cleared to use medical marijuana and is cleared to grow it but if you read the article you will see where the US Attorney General says that state laws do not override federal laws. There is even something in the article about the Obama Administration has relaxed federal prosecution guidelines for medical marijuana usage. I don't understand this myself. If the Obama administration has loosened their guidelines for prosecution, does this man fall inside or outside of the guidelines?
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