AGGRESSIVE California U.S. Attorney Says SHE'LL KEEP PROSECUTING On Marijuana

[bobclark86]

72. So, what crimes did the slaves commit?

Did they voluntarily buy and sell illegal substances?

Comparing a dude who opened a business on Main Street selling a federally-banned substance (and advertising it in the newspaper and the phone book) to a person kidnapped from their home, taken halfway around the world and set into slavery for the next five generations isn't a fair analogy. The guy with the store (who had enough money to set up a store) made a decision.

Yeah, some drug dealers were kind of forced into it -- previous run-ins with the law, or family issues making so one has to find ways to make money to support a family before graduating high school and college. It's a sign of a horrible system. A society that shits on the lower class, minorities, etc. Yes, drug laws are a part of that. They are a modern day Jim Crow. They need to be changed.

I think states have the right to decriminalize the personal possession of marijuana (A $10 fine like a parking ticket if you're dumb enough to light up in front of a cop), but promoting the manufacture and distribution of a Schedule I drug isn't OK.

Also, the woman being described in the OP is a federal employee who swore an oath to defend the constitution. The constitution was interpreted to give Congress the right to set drug laws (that's a whole other can of worms), and to demand the US Attorney's Office prosecute violations of said laws. Should the laws be changed? Fuck yeah. Should she be allowed to ignore existing federal law? No. She's doing her job.

The administration lacks the balls to ask for changes to federal law. THAT is the leadership we need on the topic. I'm not holding my breath, though.