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Poll: Most want feds to defer to state pot laws

By Elise Viebeck - 12/10/12 04:19 PM ET



Roughly two in three adults say the federal government should not enforce anti-marijuana laws in states where the drug has been legalized, according to a new poll.

Gallup found Monday that 64 percent of U.S. adults believe federal drug officials should ignore pot possession in states such as Washington and Colorado, which recently legalized the drug for recreational use.



Thirty-four percent, meanwhile, said the federal government should enforce laws against pot regardless of states' moves to allow the drug.

The federal Controlled Substances Act prohibits marijuana use, and President Obama has come under fire from liberals and libertarians for cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal in some states.

The Justice Department is still weighing legal action in Colorado and Washington, according to reports.

More and more taking the Libertarian/states rights view on marijuana laws....
 
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hypocritexposer said:
Oldtimer said:
hypocritexposer said:
How did the libertarian/states rights view work out for Healthcare?

So you support the federalist policy of Obama?

NO, but you do, when it comes to certain policies, don't you?

Depends on the issue- and how it affects the country... Outlawing slavery we found could not be left to the states.....
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
hypocritexposer said:
Oldtimer said:
So you support the federalist policy of Obama?

NO, but you do, when it comes to certain policies, don't you?

Depends on the issue- and how it affects the country... Outlawing slavery we found could not be left to the states.....

So................Lincoln outlawed slavery in the southern states ONLY through the "Emancipation Proclamation" and left slavery intact in the north & parts of the south? :lol: :lol:

Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
 
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Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
hypocritexposer said:
NO, but you do, when it comes to certain policies, don't you?

Depends on the issue- and how it affects the country... Outlawing slavery we found could not be left to the states.....

So................Lincoln outlawed slavery in the southern states ONLY through the "Emancipation Proclamation" and left slavery intact in the north? :lol: :lol:

I was thinking of the 13th Amendment-- but the Emancipation Proclamation had already pretty well handled the problem- as most the northern states were responsible and moral...
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
Depends on the issue- and how it affects the country... Outlawing slavery we found could not be left to the states.....

So................Lincoln outlawed slavery in the southern states ONLY through the "Emancipation Proclamation" and left slavery intact in the north? :lol: :lol:

I was thinking of the 13th Amendment-- but the Emancipation Proclamation had already pretty well handled the problem- as most the northern states were responsible and moral...

Really? There were over a million not covered................... I don't suppose they needed workers up north because so many had been killed attacking the south. :roll:

Smart move, Einstein..................
 

Steve

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as most the northern states were responsible and moral..

Really?

such as this action..

1804: New Jersey begins a gradual abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Those born prior to the Act remain enslaved for life

I guess it sucked to be born on December 31 1804,...

is that moral?

at least we were still responsible..
1850: In the United States, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 requires return of escaped slaves

1865: December: U.S. abolishes slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; about 40,000 remaining slaves are affected.

well now the 61 year old slave from New Jersey is freed.. just in time for retirement..

I doubt anyone can take the high ground in slavery if it took 60 years to deal with it..
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Poll: Most want feds to defer to state pot laws

By Elise Viebeck - 12/10/12 04:19 PM ET



Roughly two in three adults say the federal government should not enforce anti-marijuana laws in states where the drug has been legalized, according to a new poll.

Gallup found Monday that 64 percent of U.S. adults believe federal drug officials should ignore pot possession in states such as Washington and Colorado, which recently legalized the drug for recreational use.



Thirty-four percent, meanwhile, said the federal government should enforce laws against pot regardless of states' moves to allow the drug.

The federal Controlled Substances Act prohibits marijuana use, and President Obama has come under fire from liberals and libertarians for cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal in some states.

The Justice Department is still weighing legal action in Colorado and Washington, according to reports.

More and more taking the Libertarian/states rights view on marijuana laws....

as this evolves it is time for federal leadership .. if for nothing else but to prevent a slew of conflicting laws..

When do you expect Obama to show such leadership?
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
Depends on the issue- and how it affects the country... Outlawing slavery we found could not be left to the states.....

So................Lincoln outlawed slavery in the southern states ONLY through the "Emancipation Proclamation" and left slavery intact in the north? :lol: :lol:

I was thinking of the 13th Amendment-- but the Emancipation Proclamation had already pretty well handled the problem- as most the northern states were responsible and moral...

Whitewing chuckles at OT's stupidity.
 

smalltime

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Chuckle Whitewing?I laugh my ass off everyday here at all the ignorance.Everyone talks about freedom and the constitution and in the next breath want the fed to throw every pot smoker in prison.Go figure?
 

TexasBred

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smalltime said:
Chuckle Whitewing?I laugh my ass off everyday here at all the ignorance.Everyone talks about freedom and the constitution and in the next breath want the fed to throw every pot smoker in prison.Go figure?

Nobody said you couldn't smoke your joints. Go ahead, but knowing it is illegal in your state be prepared for the consequences should you get caught.
 

hypocritexposer

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smalltime said:
Chuckle Whitewing?I laugh my ass off everyday here at all the ignorance.Everyone talks about freedom and the constitution and in the next breath want the fed to throw every pot smoker in prison.Go figure?


You have government health care now, they control everything. Did you think they were going to control obesity, but not drug use? Did you think gummie bears were going to be outlawed and pot legalized. :lol:

Be careful what you wish for.
 
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