Saturday, February 07, 2004
Big Government goes Up in Smoke
It's good to see a victory for smaller government in these days of an increasing budget and increasing spending for social welfare programs:
Since this is related, I thought I'd express my interest in making some drugs, at least marijuana, legal, so that it may be sold at state stores and taxed. They do it for alcohol, a drug that is at least as dangerous as marijuana, so why not marijuana itself?
The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Court rejects effort to ban foods that contain hemp: "A federal appeals court in San Francisco yesterday rejected a government effort to ban the sale of bread, protein powders and other foods made from hemp, the psychoactively benign botanical cousin of marijuana.
The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals undercuts an attempt to halt domestic consumption of hemp launched by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in October 2001.
The decision leaves unresolved the bigger battle over the federal government's prohibition on domestic agricultural production of hemp, which can be used for everything from paper production to car parts. Currently, hemp products and foods are produced from seed, oil or fiber imported from other countries, such as Canada, where harvest is not prohibited.
Unlike smoked cannabis, hemp contains only trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical that produces the 'high' sought by the pot users.
The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit ruled that the DEA maintains regulatory authority over smoked marijuana and synthetically derived THC, but not over food that contains hemp. Officials at the DEA and Justice Department declined to comment."
Since this is related, I thought I'd express my interest in making some drugs, at least marijuana, legal, so that it may be sold at state stores and taxed. They do it for alcohol, a drug that is at least as dangerous as marijuana, so why not marijuana itself?
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