Medical marijuana backers sue attorney general

The continuing endeavor by the United States Justice Department to enforce outdated and antiquated marijuana prohibitions continue.

The ludicrous and ineffective “War on Drugs” has accomplished little more than to waste billions and billions of dollars of tax payer dollars in a futile attempt to make people stop wanting drugs, particularly marijuana, and to make those who supply it pay a heavy price.

Supporters of the “Devil Weed” however, refuse to give in to the threats of the DEA and are taking actions of their own.  Here’s the Newser summary:

Here’s one new thing the backers of legal pot have in common with the Tea Party: love of the 10th Amendment. A group that backs medical marijuana has sued the US attorney general, arguing that the recent crackdown by the feds in California infringes on states’ rights outlined in the Constitution, reports the Los Angeles Times. It’s the latest front in the battle over a thorny problem: California and other states sanction medical marijuana, but it remains illegal under federal law.

US attorneys are “not just enforcing marijuana laws, they are doing something extremely unusual in an effort to quash the medical marijuana programs in the various states,” says the chief counsel for Americans for Safe Access. “They’re not allowed to commandeer the lawmaking functions of the state.”

What are you thoughts?  Should the government continue to wage the “war on drugs?”  Is marijuana a legitimate target of that war?

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