WillowTree
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You on the other hand are an expert! Right?So is hemp. Why dew ewe take em? So you can bend yer mind. Pay for your own rehab and no crying about death and pray to gawd no fool with a bent mind harms someone you love. End of story.Therein lies the problem. Marijuana isn't a drug. Its a plant. If any regulation or restriction should be in place; it should be the Department of Agriculture making the call.Excuse me. States don't have rights to override federal regulations without the participation of the other states in Congress. This was the mistake states made in legal analysis. But ignorance is no excuse and so they're going to learn the hard way that when you want to be a member of the UNITED States of America, you take the other states into consideration when it comes to laws specifically governing the Union of States: not just the individual ones.Congress is the one with the authority to regulate drugs via the FDA. So what you're really advocating for is eliminating the FDA and its powers. Good luck.If Congress oversteps its authority, they do. Pot regulation (along with a host of other things) should not be a federal issue.
BTW, the states overstepped their authority to affect the other states in the Union when deciding to defy federal law. The case those states would have to make is that the federal law was undeniably frivolous. However, the regulation of drugs is vital to the public's health. So again, good luck.
Both sides have valid points. Which demonstrates that this issue has been poorly handled from the very beginning.
Willow, you should REALLY do some research before you start talking about drugs. You showed your ignorance when you tried to say that opium sap is the same as heroin, and you are showing it yet again, because hemp isn't the same thing as cannabis. Yes, the two plants are very similar, but cannabis is the one with the THC in it. Hemp itself has little to zero THC content. And, farmers that grow hemp have to have their fields inspected on a regular basis to make sure they aren't growing marijuana.
And, there are 2 different kinds of cannabis, Indica and Sativa. Both contain THC, but the effects of the two plants are quite different. Sativa gives an energized high with a body rush, whereas Indica is really good for pain relief and aiding a person in sleeping.