John Suthers Wants States To Control Health Care Except For Medical Marijuana

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Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will debate attorney Rob Corry at noon today at the University of Denver. The subject? Medical marijuana.

Here's an opening question for Suthers: Why does Colorado's AG think this state's legalization of medical marijuana -- approved by the voters back in 2000 -- violates federal law, when he signed on to the lawsuit arguing that the new national health-care bill violates the Constitution because it does not respect states' rights?

Suthers is one of now fifteen attorneys general who've joined together in a lawsuit challenging the new health-care law, arguing that it violates this provision in the 10th Amendment of the Constitution: "Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

So the states are in charge of health care -- so long as it doesn't involve medical marijuana? As Suthers recently told Michael Roberts, he considers Colorado's dispensaries "a violation of federal law -- and it's up to the federal government to say whether they want to expend resources to prosecute them. Right now, they're saying we shouldn't expend those resources, but that could change. Someone else could become president, for example, and that person could say, 'We're going to enforce the federal law.'"

Just as a president might want to enforce the national health-care bill signed into law last month.

The debate runs from noon to 1 p.m. today in room 190 of the Ricketson Law Building at the University of Denver, 2255 East Evans Avenue. It's free -- and expect the discussion to be very free-wheeling.


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"Man, in his infinite wisdom, is the only animal on the planet who visits war and destruction on his own Brethren..."

I disagree. Infinite wisdom is an oxymoron and completely unattainable by human beings. Lions, fish, birds, and even insects all participate in intraspecific competition or war if you prefer. Violence and war are Natural phenomenon with man being only one of many participants. Man has had the ability to observe this for many centuries and proven unable to come up with any solution beyond turning the other cheek or pleading the case, "can't we all just get along."

Seems like there shouldn't be such a complicated answer to Mr. King's request, but shit, it sure as fug doesn't seem likely to be materializing any time soon!

I am stoned and these philosophical questions are a part of my major. I appreciate all the work you do on 420mag and hope that I am not completely hijacking the thread.

I have the signature as my way of eluding to the war on drugs, kinda like my call name here, War cost's big bux right? lol