Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging the U.S. Department of Justice’s attempt to close down medical marijuana dispensaries in California.
“Although the Obama Administration is entitled to enforce federal marijuana laws, the Tenth Amendment forbids it from using coercive tactics to commandeer the law-making functions of the State,†said ASA Chief Counsel Joe Elford, who filed the lawsuit today in San Francisco’s federal District Court. “This case is aimed at restoring California’s sovereign and constitutional right to establish its own public health laws based on this country’s federalist principles.â€
The use of marijuana for medical purposes is legal under California law. But the drug is still classified as a Schedule I substance under federal law, a classification reserved for dangerous drugs with no real medicinal value.
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1) 21 U.S.C. 903: Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act Section 903. Application of State law
“No provision of this subchapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of any State law on the same subject matter which would otherwise be within the authority of the State, unless there is a positive conflict between that provision of this subchapter and that State law so that the two cannot consistently stand together."
2) No government has the right to suppress or nullify the individuals freedom of religion and what to believe with regards to that Religion. Therefore, the Government, with this Law is telling me that the Creator of all that exists (according to my beliefs) is a liar or worse yet, made a mistake when creating this world.
"In the beginning ~ God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.†And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good."
The Government must explain to me how their combined wisdom may over ride that of GOD. How can any human-being make illegal and forbid that which GOD created and called good?
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Let me recap, the State has full authority to re-designate Cannabis under provisions found in 21 U.S.C. 903: Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act Section 903. Application of State law
As well as I know of NO human-being with authority to call GOD a liar and forbid that which he created from the people.
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Ceasefire in the War on Drugs?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8900012/Its-time-to-make-drugs-legal-Nobel-winners-tell-Cameron.html
It’s time to make drugs legal, Nobel winners tell Cameron
David Cameron has been urged to consider legalising drug use by a group of 60 major thinkers and celebrities including Sting, Yoko Ono and the former American president Jimmy Carter.
By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent
I feel a need to be protected from battery, rape, theft, stalking etc.
Also it is beyond time for illegal drugs manufactures and distributors to pay taxes, tariffs and fees. Like tobacco and alchol additional taxes should apply for educational and health programs that will be needed for users.
No more free ride.