Supremes Deliver Major Blow to the Sick and Dying
Medicinal marijuana users may face prosecution.
posted by Rudy Law at 6/06/2005 11:41:00 AM
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Medicinal marijuana users may face prosecution.
posted by Rudy Law at 6/06/2005 11:41:00 AM
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The irony is thick how conservatives of ram's ilk are quickly becoming Federalists, rather than staunch states' rights advocates of days of yore.
You're right, the dissenters should be praised for at least sticking with their convictions, for once. Too bad, such principles were easily jettisoned for Bush v. Gore.
But I digress. As far as this decision is concerned, and admittedly I have not read the opinion, it's hard to see how growing "state sanctioned" hemp in your kitchen for your debilitating alzheimers, without the intent to ever distribute, impinges on interstate commerce.
If such a view is warped, then so be it.
If instead you imply that I expect the supremes to act as a separate legislative body, no, just reasonable.
...by the way, RAM, the converse of your statement that guys like me "dance in glee" when drugs are pulled from shelf is that you dance in glee when thousands die from adverse reactions to hastily approved pharmaceuticals.
I think, if I were to choose, I'd be in the former's camp.
It's also funny that you seem to have glossed over the past decade or so of regulation in the pharmaceutical industry. By your tenor, one would think that it's a helluva battle to have one's drug approved by the FDA and other impacted agencies.
However, the high prevalence of prescription drugs in our society ranging from impotence pills, those for hair loss, mood enhancement, acid reflux, insomnia, ADD, ADHD (the list goes) proves otherwise.
In fact, the multitude of deaths of athletes from use of aphedra alone can be attributed to the regulatory relaxation beginning in the early 90s....not exactly something to dance about.
I kind of praise the dissenters because they were legally correct in their interpration of the commerce clause. (although we know the CC has about as much bite for those arguing strictly intrastate positions as a shot of puckers Cherry) What about Pennoyer, the shoe guy, wasn't there a small CC issue there. Or whas it that 18wheeler trucker case requiring better tires. But yeah, what about Bush v. Gore. Maybe DeLay should take a lesson from Antonin with regard to Schiavo. Contradiction is afoot Republicans.....as usual.
Ram, you can say that again, oh wait, you did. As for the bet of a million dollars "if you had it". No you wouldn't. I remember when you had a hundy and Tarpe Terms put you in check at 920. Abe, begin laughter.
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