I just wish they would prohibit usage in public places like train stations or public parks. It is hard when you have little kids and the air is filled with the smell.
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Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana
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Re: Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana
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It’s illegal in every state. California cannot override the federal government. They can choose not to enforce it, but federal law enforcement will still be able to arrest you.
...and the federal government can't override California*, unless they want to break a whole lot of eggshells to make their omelette * completely, of course they can here and there and not vice versa. But this asymmetry doesn't render it illegal IMO.
Legality has nothing to do with enforcement. We can say that X Y or Z is illegal according to the laws of the Roman Empire, despite the fact that it hasn’t been able to enforce anything for more than 1000 years. Similarly, weed is illegal in the US — whether it’s unenforced because the feds choose not to do so, or because they can’t, is perhaps an interesting question but has nothing to do with whether it’s legal.
Re: Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana
#73I just wish they would prohibit usage in public places like train stations or public parks. It is hard when you have little kids and the air is filled with the smell.
Many (most?) states do, at least as the written law goes. Enforcement is a different story.
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At some point you cross the line between philosophical noodling and outright advocating the execution of everyone involved in the drug trade.
Man keeps telling you, quite clearly, exactly what he believes, and you refuse to believe him:
Re: Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
...and the federal government can't override California*, unless they want to break a whole lot of eggshells to make their omelette * completely, of course they can here and there and not vice versa. But this asymmetry doesn't render it illegal IMO.
Legality has nothing to do with enforcement. We can say that X Y or Z is illegal according to the laws of the Roman Empire, despite the fact that it hasn’t been able to enforce anything for more than 1000 years. Similarly, weed is illegal in the US — whether it’s unenforced because the feds choose not to do so, or because they can’t, is perhaps an interesting question but has nothing to do with whether it’s legal.
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Re: Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
...and the federal government can't override California*, unless they want to break a whole lot of eggshells to make their omelette * completely, of course they can here and there and not vice versa. But this asymmetry doesn't render it illegal IMO.
Legality has nothing to do with enforcement. We can say that X Y or Z is illegal according to the laws of the Roman Empire, despite the fact that it hasn’t been able to enforce anything for more than 1000 years. Similarly, weed is illegal in the US — whether it’s unenforced because the feds choose not to do so, or because they can’t, is perhaps an interesting question but has nothing to do with whether it’s legal.
When I disagreed with "California cannot override the federal government." I didn't mean to override their law on a theoretical level but their authority on a practical level.
Sanctuary cities have shown that the state/local governments partially override the federal government on an overall basis, though not so much directly in individual cases (though they are able to request, not demand, and get their way in a lot of individual cases).
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
The government has always selectively enforced laws, it’s simply beneficial in this case. 22 states have legalized recreational marijuana and the world hasn’t ended. Maybe it’s okay federal statute isn’t enforced in this particular circumstance, from a rationalist perspective. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_U.S....
The problem for the US is that the country went around the world arm-twisting for decades to get other nations to ban drugs. To legalize is obviously the just and correct decision, I think people are just embarrassed to do it at the federal level now purely because of the history.
I don’t think there’s many who would feel any shame at all. Who do you envision would be embarrassed?
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#78I don't really understand how legalising weed makes sense amidst a push to eliminate smoking (in a world where freedom is increasingly seen as dangerous/selfish) Yeah, it may well be less harmful than cigarettes or alcohol, but if you're smoking it, it's certainly not good for you. Why give people this specific freedom while the trend is to take freedoms away? (Tax revenue, I guess...)
Are you familiar with edibles? You don't need to smoke to ingest THC at all.
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Executing people almost never works. You can't kill everyone and the higher-ups will never run out of expendable street-level dealers. The lure of lots of easy money is too strong.
What places have gone hog wild executing drug dealers and not found a reduction in drug use?