Don’t Blunt the Marijuana Revolution

U.S. News & World Report covers the coalition letter, led by CEI, advocating for the Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment.

America is undergoing a somewhat silent revolution concerning the prohibition of marijuana usage.

A 2017 poll of 1,122 adults conducted by Marist found that only 14 percent of those surveyed still oppose medicinal marijuana, a number so overwhelming as to allow the suggestion a clear consensus exists among the American people.

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The courts may eventually rule civil asset forfeiture as it is currently practiced violates due process but, until they do, it creates a pile of money Sessions can use to have the DOJ pursue medical marijuana users despite what the Rohrabacher/Blumenauer or any other amendment to a piece of legislation may say.

That’s the practical side, which on its own would be enough. There’s also a basic Constitutional principle at stake – as a number of organizations set out in a Sept. 1 letter to the House Rules Committee requesting the Rohrabacher/Blumenauer amendment “be made in order as it has in past years.”

“Under our Constitution states are granted broad police powers because the founders understood that states, not the federal government, would be on the front lines of protecting health, safety, and the general welfare,” the groups, headed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute wrote. “As a nation of diverse populations and opinions, state legislatures and local law enforcement must be free to decide how best to use their limited resources to protect public safety, raise funds, and fight crime within their borders.”

Read the full article at U.S. News & World Report.