Okay, but the government isn't going to raid my home because I'm preparing raw chicken for my own consumption.....
On 6/8/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO drugs don't fall into the category of moral laws, they fall into the > category of health and safety laws. Right up there with the laws against > serving raw chicken. > > Now, why aren't cigarettes illegal, I dunno, health wise they probably > should be. > > The Constitution claims that one of the jobs of the Federal Government is to > promote the general welfare. I think public health falls under this, and > when issues of public health are concerned, the federal government takes the > point. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:26 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > > > > > > I'm all for it! Legalize them all! That doesn't mean they should be > > unregulated, but I'm fully for legalization of all drugs, gambling, > > prostitution, etc. I firmly believe that you can't legislate > > morality, but that doesn't mean you can't make it expensive and > > uncomfortable to participate in self-destructive behaviors. > > > > For example, cigarettes: legal, but regulated and taxed. Hardcore > > drugs could be limited to "needle parks". But none of this is a > > federal issue - it's a state issue. Let's let our nation's R&D > > department (the states) experiment with it and see what's best. What > > business is it of the federal gov't? This goes for abortion, gay > > marriage, and all other "morality" issues. > > > > Social engineering has NEVER worked and it's obvious failure is one of > > reasons some people in this country (a dwindling amount?) believe in > > state's rights and local gov't. > > > > Loss of liberty always begins with some federal authority trying to > > help: "Hello, I'm Matt, I'm from the federal gov't and I'm here to > > help you." > > > > AHHHHHHHHH! RUN! RUN! AHHHH! > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159896 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
