First,
read the news. The Supreme Court ruled that the Federal government gets to regulate pot use and not the states. Let me begin by saying I am not a pro-drug advocate. I was just in an argument this weekend about why pot should not be legalized, so let's start there. I still feel that way, but the Supreme Court used poor logic in their determination (if the article linked above is correct in its summary of the ruling). The SC stated that Pot regulation was within Congress' purview because it substantially affected interstate commerce. If this was a true statement, then Congress could regulate personal growth of marajuana raised for medicinal purposes. However, the government's argument was that marajuana is part of the gang society and funds from pot use are used for terrorism. Do you spot the flaw yet? Those are results of illegal sale of marajuana, not homegrown use for medicinal purposes. If anything, the homegrown use of marajuana would be against those above referenced negative affects on the economy. The governnment is essentially saying "Illegally purchased drugs are having a bad effect on the economy, therefore legally purchased or used drugs should be subject to Congress' power." That is a poor argument. Now that I've gone off on that line, I think I just wanted to say that Bush's quote in the article is a perfect example of this poor reasoning.
Down with Drugs - but first lets say "Down with an oppressive, overreaching governmental system and Up with the Constitution as viewed prior to Bush". Okay, so that chant just won't work, but you get the idea. Weed is bad for America, but Bush is worse.
