All one has to do is look to the rules for the Federal government. The constitution for the United
States.

Article the twelfth [Amendment X]

“The 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.”

If a state decides to completely legalize pot, the Federal government has NO say in the matter
whatsoever.

Think about it for a moment. ?Prostitution is legal in Nevada, but not in the District of
criminals Columbia. Can a Federal agent arrest someone in Nevada for ?prostitution? No
they can’t. State law over-rides Federal law.

Same thing with ANY law a state makes that is in contrary to Federal law.

Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and
Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the
United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United
States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the
Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of
Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of
Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the
United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences
against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures
on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a
longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress
Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part
of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States
respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according
to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding
ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress,
become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all
Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for
the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; — And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the
foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the
United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section. 4. “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion;…”

[Editor's note: Its too bad that modern courts pretend the 9th and 10th amendments no longer exist...reformers citing the 9th and 10th Amendment as means to retard cannabis prohibition will be very likely be disappointed when trial and appellate courts largely ignore pleadings that invoke the 9th and 10th Amendments.]

America would indeed soon turn into a similar thing as the Soviet Union if Drug Prohibition would not be resisted.

See Also: Is Marijuana Prohibition America’s ‘Berlin Wall’?, Colo. Commission Recommends Lowering Drug Penalties, Portland’s ‘Cannabis Café’ opens to cheers, controversy, Doctor’s re-assess marijuana, Can’t Wait For You Idiots to Screw it …

Its funny you mention Jonny apple seed. Did ya know Jonny apple seed was removed from many school libraries due to its “sexual” indications(I believe). Cencor ship at its finest. The problem is, when I was a youngin in school,watched films and read books on J.A. S. I didnt see any sexual conotations. Just goes to show how some ‘ADULTS’ look for boogymen and demons in everything. Cannabis is not different. Its a scary world we live in when ‘ADULTS’ make dirty a simple childs story. Makes one wonder what will be banned in the future in the name of”protecting the children” .

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)