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Title: Just Say No to Jeff Sessions
Source:
Lew Rockwell
URL Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/01 ... /just-say-no-to-jeff-sessions/
Published: Jan 9, 2018
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2018-01-09 08:39:20 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2910
Comments: 32
Attorney General Jeff Sessions kicked off the New Year by reversing the Obama-era guidance for federal prosecutors to limit their enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. In what is almost certainly not a coincidence, Sessions’ announcement came days after California’s law legalizing recreational marijuana sales went into effect. Sessions’ action thus runs counter to the wishes of the majority of the people in the most populous US state, as well the people of the 28 other states (and DC) that have legalized some form of marijuana use. Federal laws criminalizing marijuana and other drugs have failed to reduce drug use. However, they have succeeded in giving power-hungry politicians and bureaucrats what was, before 9-11, the go-to justification for violating our civil liberties. The federal war on marijuana has also wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. Far from reducing crime, outlawing drugs causes crime by ensuring criminals will control the market for drugs. Outlawing drugs also provides incentives for drug dealers to increase the potency, and thus the danger, of drugs, as higher potency products take up less space and are thus easier to conceal from law enforcement. The US Constitution does not give the federal government any authority to criminalize marijuana. Thus, the question of whether marijuana is legal is one of the many issues reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment. If the Constitution gives Congress the power to ban marijuana, then why was it necessary to amend the Constitution to give Congress the power to ban alcohol? Sessions’ usurpation of state marijuana laws is the type of federal intrusion into state issues usually opposed by conservatives. Sadly, too many conservatives are just as willing to sacrifice constitutional government and individual liberties for the war on drugs as they are for the war on terror. Conservative hypocrisy is especially strong when it comes to medical marijuana. Many Americans have used medical marijuana for conditions such as cancer and glaucoma. Yet many conservatives who (properly) decry Obamacare’s mandate forcing every American to purchase health insurance cheer Jeff Sessions’ effort to deprive suffering individuals of the medical treatment of their choice. Cruel paternalism in healthcare policy is often associated with progressives, but unfortunately conservatives are just as guilty. States that have legalized medical marijuana have fewer deaths related to opioid abuse. These states have also experienced a decrease in crime and black market activity. This is perhaps because some have found medical marijuana a viable alternative to opioids. Laws outlawing marijuana criminalize peaceful behavior that, while potentially harmful to the individual, does not violate the rights of others. Therefore, these laws, like all laws authorizing government force against peaceful, if immoral, actions, are incompatible with a free society. Once again we see the hypocrisy of conservatives who decry progressives’ war on tobacco and fatty foods, yet support jailing marijuana users. Federal laws outlawing marijuana violate the Constitution, justify violations of civil liberties, and increase violence. By criminalizing nonviolent behavior voluntarily chosen by individuals, drug laws undermine the moral principles underlying a free society. President Trump should fire Jeff Sessions and replace him with someone who respects the Constitution and individual liberty. Also, officials from states with legal medical or recreational marijuana should refuse to cooperate with those tasked with enforcing federal marijuana laws. If President Trump and state officials stand up for liberty, the people will join them in saying no to Jeff Sessions.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
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What gives your pot hero Obama the power to ignore the law and pretend it doesn't exist?
There you go again - typical knee-jerk reaction when you can't actually debate the issue.
So you cannot answer why your pot hero Obama can ignore the law enacted by Congress and pretend it doesn't exist. You pretend to care about constitution but you want to just ignore the law.
Stone, I am not siding with the pot heads. Not my thing. But explain this to me. Why is it OK for Sessions to turn a blind eye to all sorts of corruption, national security violations, treason, etc of Obutthole, Bill, Hillary, Comey, Abden, Lynch, Holder, Jarrett, etc, etc, but yet charge hard against pot heads ?? Not saying pot heads are OK, but I think anyone with an IQ of at least room temperature would using a modicum of common sense agree that Sessions has a fucked up sense of priorities ! Or, maybe he is doing this to protect Big Alcohol, or Big Pharma. Or, maybe he is just being used as a distraction from ???? Oh, and BTW, Why are US Military forces protecting poppy fields in Afghanistan ? Is that to protect Big Banking ? Sessions is like a cop ignoring drive by shootings, liquor store robbery, muggings, and loudly declaring " I am going to wage war on those vile, heathen, evil scum bags that have expired parking meters !!! = Same level of priorities !! The crimes of treason, national security violations, corruption, bribery, etc, etc endanger my family far, far more than some potheads. Any one that thinks the pot heads are more dangerous are very seriously delusional, and lose all credibility !!! It would appear that those so wedded to Sessions are by the same token wedded to protecting Obutthole, Bill, Hillary, Comey, Abden, Lynch, Holder, Jarrett, etc, etc, for they do not care that the crimes of that bunch are being ignored. Odd that they would favor protecting them !!! This just does not pass the Logic Smell Test !!!!!
Sessions is pushing back because KOOKIFONIA has been an asshole lately, to Trump. All the sanctuary city bullshit. Since Trumps been in office, he and Sessions hasn't bothered Colorado... don't really know why the pot stocks had to tank a bit. I really doubt the Feds will bother anyone. I do believe in states rights over fed... but Stone is right, the federal government does have authority to write federal laws and enforce them. It needs to be hashed out... and not in Decktards typical anarchist fashion.
Trump is worse than any sanctuary mayor or governor because he's providing NATIONWIDE sanctuary for the DACA illegal aliens, just like Barack Obama! He's a Kenyan clone with orange hair. The Many Faces of Trump “If you want to take it that further step, I’ll take the heat,” Trump said. “You are not that far away from comprehensive immigration reform.” “We don’t need a 2,000-mile wall where you have rivers and mountains, and everything else protecting, but we do need a wall for a fairly good portion,” Trump said.
Tell the forum how you realistically expect Trump to balance the budget, change the tax code, build the wall AND end DACA... all by himself. The funny part is, your asshole choice for president only lacked 94% of the voters to win, and if he won, he wouldn't have even built the wall. GO FUCK YOURSELF, HONDOPE.
There just isn't any will in your political party to support POTUS, is there?
You talking about Dean Oliver Barrow? Who gives a shit about him?
#26. To: GrandIsland (#25)
I'm posting about your, "Grand Ol' Party" BS.
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#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
your pot hero Obama
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#19. To: A K A Stone (#3)
" You pretend to care about constitution but you want to just ignore the law. "
#20. To: Stoner (#19)
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Sessions is like a cop ignoring drive by shootings, liquor store robbery, muggings, and loudly declaring " I am going to wage war on those vile, heathen, evil scum bags that have expired parking meters !!! = Same level of priorities !!
#21. To: GrandIsland, *Border Invasion* (#20)
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Trump. All the sanctuary city bullshit.
Neoconservative, Progressive, Confused Kenyan, Dream Student Donald Trump Calls for DACA Amnesty ‘Bill of Love’
At one point, Trump approved of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s call for Congress to support comprehensive immigration reform. 
#22. To: hondo68 (#21)
Trump is worse than any sanctuary mayor or governor because he's providing NATIONWIDE sanctuary for the DACA illegal aliens, just like Barack Obama! He's a Kenyan clone with orange hair.
#24. To: GrandIsland (#22)
Tell the forum how you [hondo68] realistically expect Trump to balance the budget, change the tax code, build the wall AND end DACA... all by himself.
#25. To: buckeroo (#24)
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