Are anti marijuana laws unconstitutional and are those of us who oppose them walking in the footsteps of…?
America’s forefathers. Americans have a long history of fighting and winning against oppression and unjust laws. I feel that anti marijuana legislation is a direct violation of our constitutional rights as American citizens. Are marijuana advocates who stand up for what they believe in carrying on the tradition set forth by the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Washington, John Hancock and all the other patriots who truly did pay for our freedom with their blood and efforts?
actually we have the Bill Of Rights. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
Literally it is not the same thing no, but it is much closer than the tea parties that are being thrown these days.
Actually in truth the reason it was made illegal is because the lumber industry was afraid that Hemp fibers would replace wood fibers.
One of the other supposed findings that they used to declare it illegal was they said that It caused white women to seek relations with Black men.
In truth when marijuana was made illegal they did not do any scientific or medical evaluations of marijuana they only did what would keep money in their pockets, and keep their wives from seeking someone who could actually give them an orgasm.
AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Many of our founding fathers grew hemp, and some of them smoked it. I am willing to bet that they would have fought to keep that right also.
It is how I pursue happiness.
No. Stoner slackers should not be encouraged. Keep it illegal.
No, they aren’t anymore than yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater is a violation of the First Amendment. But it was a good try.
I think you are mistaken. I don’t think anti-marijuana laws are a direct violation of our constitutional rights. Sorry.
How exactly do anti-marijuana laws oppose the constitution? Their is no right to smoke pot.
LEGALIZE IT!
If anti-marijuana legislation is a violation of constitutional rights, then it would have been shot down 40 years ago.
Unfortunately, there is a big difference between America’s forefathers and people fighting anti-marijuana legislation. Our forefathers were right.
In Canada, anti-marijuana laws go against our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is like your Constitution, but a lot stronger.
I think Americans need to obtain their own Charter of Rights and Freedoms to stop their government from oppressing them.
No, and
No.
If I happened to believe that Barney the Big Purple Dinosaur is the keeper of all wisdom and was even willing to fight and die for that conviction, it does not in any way put me in the same august company as the founders.
All beliefs are not created equal. Some are patent nonsense.
fighting for your right to smoke up really isnt the same thing as what our founders did…and they werent really trying to fight so that you could do drugs. The real reason why it wont be legalized is because if you start with that, then where will it end?
Ah how wonderful, another lowlife pothead trying to compare himself to our forefathers. Sorry to burst your bubble but the reason it was made illegal was because it was scientifically proven to be harmful enough to need to be made illegal.
and unfortunately for the pot smokers –Congress (with the help of the FDA and Surgeon General’s Office) has the power to classify legal and illegal substances…………
I’m sorry, I’m still not seeing where smoking pot is in the constitution. I see where it says that the Fed can’t take away rights that the state gave you… And how you have the right to Life, Liberty and Property (w/o due process of the law) so someone taking your pot stash isn’t really covered, either.
However, in Alaska, where I live, it is legal to smoke it, (and to grow like 2-3 plants) but not to buy it, sell it, traffic it, travel w/ it… be caught w/ more than an oz (I t hink) of it, etc.
I’m for it, I just don’t see where the constitution says it’s an integral part of our life, that it’s a right, and that no one should take it away from us…
If they are going to make it illegal, they should AT LEAST have amended the Constitution like our Founding Father’s intended us to do when we make a federal law.
So in reality, the illegalization of marijuana is in fact illegal.