Gravity Collapse » drugs http://www.gravitycollapse.com from Marc's brain to yours Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fascists of the left http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2005/06/fascists-of-the-left http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2005/06/fascists-of-the-left#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:03:01 +0000 gravitycollapse http://www.gravitycollapse.com/mesolimbic_reward_center/?p=29 According to the LA Times, the Supreme Court has ruled that Federal agents may in fact arrest and bring charges against people who violate Federal drug laws, even if they are complying with the medical marijuana laws which have been passed in nine states.

People who know me won’t be surprised to learn that I am (duh) in favor of legalizing marijuana, for medical use or otherwise. So, given our government’s ridiculous stance on drugs, I’m not particularly surprised when I see our government attempt to maintain control over people who want to get high.

But, even given my personal interest in drug legalization, that’s not the interesting part of this story. What makes this case interesting to me is that it’s really a test of state’s rights; namely, the right of the state to make a law which goes against the laws of the nation. And what makes it even more interesting is that it’s the LEFTIST (together with extreme rightist) fascists on the Supreme Court that ruled in favor of the Federal government.

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