Friday, September 6, 2013

Week 9 EOC: Wall Street Journal Opinion


The argument will always lead to one big factor when dealing with the somewhat legalization of marijuana. Under the constitution congress can’t pass laws that apply in some states and not others. So at this point it seems like if you were to get caught with a bag of weed you would notice the same process as you normally would. Only to find out when you show up for court the judge will just dismiss your case or at least treat it in a much easier manner. The reason it has taken so long for Obama to come through with this type of decision is because of the politics it deals with. No senator or just about anyone for that matter wants to bring up marijuana legalization. There are a lot of people out there that look down upon people that use any sort of drug, marijuana is one of them definitely. “Not since Nixon have we seen a Presidency so disdainful of the law” (Source) . Pretty soon our fellow Americans are going to treat any law they don’t like something they shouldn’t have to follow, and blame Obama for their actions. Anyone waiting to legally buy recreational marijuana in Washington will have to wait about nine months longer” (Source). This goes to show just how much time they are investigating on how much they should tax for marijuana use. “ In the end, state laws legalizing marijuana could topple a huge federal beast the war on drugs- while the gun nullification bills are show but impotent”. This is one of the reasons why I don’t think it was passed in many other states. If it were to happen that way, it actually would be a huge disaster in my opinion.(Source)

No comments:

Post a Comment