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Agreed.QuoteQuoteThe constitution does not confer the right to do anything per se. It does define the right of the federal government to restrict some things. Other than that, you are assumed to have the right to do as you wish. For example, the constitution does not enumerate the right to drive a car, skydive, etc. How could it? There are a bazillion things people do, and many of them didn't exist when the constitution was written, how could the constitution be expected to list all the things that are allowed?QuoteWhere do you see the right to do drugs in the constitition?
Then I will ,at least, know where we are starting from
Don
The constitution enumerates the specific powers of the fed gov. All else is to be left to the states
So how do you get from that to the notion that we as "the people" must have specific "permission", explicitly written into the Constitution, to drive a car, skydive, or do drugs?
Don
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Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)
Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)
Do you understand the difference between prohibiting drugs within a state and prohibiting drugs from crossing state or national borders? One is unconstitutional, the other is constitutional. Go learn something before responding ...
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