Pass Medical Marijuana without fed raids now?

[mrhaskellok]

Can we pass Medical Marijuana laws now after this piece of legislation? http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/1/HJR1089_int.pdf

How do we incorporate this into a criminal code or can you?

If it is or we can, what do you do then, arrest the DEA officers during a federal raid?  

Obviously this is all speculation but the California story and the "Sovereign Oklahoma" story made me wonder about this possibility.  What if California passed similar legislation?

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by mrhaskellok

Can we pass Medical Marijuana laws now after this piece of legislation? http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/1/HJR1089_int.pdf

How do we incorporate this into a criminal code or can you?

If it is or we can, what do you do then, arrest the DEA officers during a federal raid?  

Obviously this is all speculation but the California story and the "Sovereign Oklahoma" story made me wonder about this possibility.  What if California passed similar legislation?

It did say "joint resolution" didn't it? [8D]

[cannon_fodder]

Without going in to details, I'm a big fan of this resolution.  Practically, it fails on several levels (Congress can still tax the hell out of Oklahoma and if we refuse to play ball as an agent, they can give our money to Texas who is playing... so long at it is not "coercive"), but the spirit of it is sound to me.  We are no longer a Union of State really, just a Nation.  

Also worth noting, the Federal government basically has control over all matters so long as they "occupy the field."  Basically, Federal law usurps state law if they conflict - unless the federal government says otherwise.

When in doubt, Federal wins.

While on the subject, the entire notion of a "limited government" is just no longer valid.  We legislate whatever we want, however we want, and cram it down whatever state we want.

For better or worse... it goes both ways.

/frustrated

[Double A]

Ask your state legislators to sponsor interim studies on this issue while they are out of session. It lays the groundwork for bills to be authored and the likelihood that legislation might be considered next session. More importantly, this being an election year, make it an issue in your district elections. Go to candidate forums and ask the candidates their position on this issue. If you are a Democrat ask your party officials to promote this health care issue with the same focus and intensity as they promote other health care initiatives in the party platform. Hell, you could even bypass the legislature outright, by starting an initiative petition to put this on the ballot to let the people decide for themselves.

[FOTD]

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService4/idUSL0320469420080703
America's unwinnable war on drugs: Bernd Debusmann

"There is no day without drug busts and arrests. There is, in all probability, not a day when no drug loads slip through three layers of inspections. The brutal wars Mexico's drug cartels are waging against each other in major cities south of the border are largely over access to gateways into the U.S., the world's most lucrative market for illicit drugs."

"John Walsh, a drug policy expert at the Washington Office on Latin America, a think tank, estimates U.S. government spending on drug control between 1970 and this year at $920 billion (adjusted for inflation). The returns have been unimpressive. Despite temporary blips, the price of illicit drugs has declined steadily over the past three decades. "

http://www.diatribune.com/another-day-america-cop-chokes-pot-smoker

I would not be surprised if the cop was on mood-altering prescription drugs, which are perfectly legal. Ask your drug pusher, I mean doctor...