On May 24 it was reported that, “Governor Jan Brewer today announced that she has directed Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to file suit by the end of the week seeking a declaratory judgment from a federal court regarding the legality of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA).”
Democrat Brewer laud “initiatives” and “referendums”—both unconstitutional means of making laws—when 38% of Arizona voters raise the sales tax for everyone. When it comes to things she doesn’t like, she sues to stop it. You might remember, years ago, when we passed a medicinal marijuana initiative and the State legislature overturned the “will of the people” because you were too stupid to understand it.
What happened to the “will of the people?” What happened to your vaunted Democracy, Brewer?
“For the state employees charged with administering the medical marijuana program or the Arizonans who intend to participate as consumers, it’s important that we receive court guidance as to whether they are at risk for federal prosecution,” said Governor Brewer. “As explained in a recent letter from the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, the federal government considers marijuana a controlled substance. Arizonans deserve clarity on an issue with such dire legal implications.”
The federal government considers marijuana a controlled substance. Guess what. They consider Codine a controlled substance. They consider Atorvastatin a controlled substance and the side-effects of this drug are much more unpleasant than marijuana. There are a number of “controlled substances” prescribed by doctors everyday. Particularly ones produced by companies they have invested in. No one is controlling that.
After almost a hundred years, you would think Arizona would finally get the Tenth Amendment.
Democrat governor Jan Brewer could just tell the feds to stick it. She could arrest any fed who violates their oath to protect the Constitution by enforcing these laws contrary to the Ninth Amendment.
There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the federal government to make laws concerning drugs in the first place. Only a twisted contemporary concept of the Interstate Commerce clause is used for them to take mock authority over the issue. Without the drug trade, of course, politicians would not get richer and the CIA would have less black op funds.
States do have a right to regulate the use of substances, but not ban them completely. Particularly something that is less dangerous than the “legal” drug—Alcohol.
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