Written in October 2012
Edited in May 2014
As a libertarian-leaning independent, I would urge my fellow [candidates for] representatives in the House to repeal all federal anti-marijuana legislation, vote to repeal all federal drug laws on Interstate Commerce Clause grounds, and urge the president – whoever he may be – to pardon all non-violent federal drug offenders.
If
elected, I would invoke the Commerce Clause to dispute the constitutionality of
not only federal drug laws, but also
the states’ outright bans on the
importation of illicit drugs across state lines. The only constitutional
position on this issue is one which promotes the use of federal power to
prohibit the states from regulating marijuana in a manner that causes undue
inhibition of the freedom of trade of all
commodities – marijuana included – across state borders.
My
Republican opponent Chad Lee has not thus far made his stance on marijuana
well-known, but I think this fact is sufficient to infer that Mr. Lee would not enthusiastically promote the
N.O.R.M.L. agenda. While my Democratic
opponent Mark Pocan has made some
statements in support of decriminalization, I feel that his support of vice
laws opposing freer trade and use of legal
substances like alcohol and tobacco suggests that his support of personal
freedoms could stand to be more principled and consistent.
If
I am elected, I would be outspoken in my support of the decriminalization and legalization
of marijuana – be it for medicinal, recreational, industrial, or entheogenic purposes – as well as in
my opposition to the expansion of the drug war into overseas theaters such as
Latin America, South America, Afghanistan, and others.
As
a write-in candidate, I will not be
on the ballot for U.S. House this November, but with enough write-in votes, I
can still win the seat. Just remember to vote for independent Joe Kopsick –
K-O-P-S-I-C-K – by writing-in my name on the ballot for U.S. Representative on
Tuesday, November 6th.
Support
total marijuana legalization – and
make all the cops sick – by
writing-in Joe Kopsick for Congress! Thank you very much!
For
more entries on food and drugs, please
visit:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-opposition-to-hypothetical-excise.html
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