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UN Demands Obama Smash State Marijuana Legalization
In a move likely to further alienate the already unpopular United Nations from the American people, a top official with the global body put his ignorance about the U.S. constitutional system on full display by calling on the Obama administration to lawlessly quash recent marijuana legalization initiatives in Washington State and Colorado. Voters in both states approved the decriminalization of the controversial plant on November 6, nullifying unconstitutional federal statutes and a dubious UN narcotics agreement at the heart of the global war on drugs.  While the international organization obviously has no power to enforce its dictates, UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) boss Raymond Yans said he hoped disgraced U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder would ignore state laws, the U.S. Constitution, and the will of voters by challenging the successful referendums. Similarly, a coalition of former federal drug warriors, citing UN agreements, called on Obama to speak out against the legalization measures before they were adopted by the electorate. The administration, meanwhile, has suggested that it would continue to enforce unconstitutional federal statutes in those states despite the nullification measures. These developments are in violation of the international drug control treaties, and pose a great threat to public health and the well-being of society far beyond those states, the UNs Yans alleged. Despite the half-baked assertions, the 50-year-old UN agreement cited by the global drug boss, known as the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, does not actually purport to require the criminalization of drug possession, according to experts worldwide. Even if it did, however, the federal government cannot legitimately expand its own powers beyond constitutional limits simply by signing on to UN agreements or making treaties. The U.S. Constitution, of course, does not give the central government any authority to regulate or control any substances. So, like with alcohol prohibition, granting the U.S. government power over drug policy would require a properly ratified constitutional amendment. Otherwise, narcotics issues, under the Tenth Amendment, are constitutionally in the realm of states or the people. Still, the well-paid Belgian advocate of global governance and planetary prohibition said he was hopeful that Attorney General Holder will take all the necessary measures to continue the unconstitutional policy of prohibition in both states. Holders Justice Department, of course, was exposed trafficking heavy weaponry to Mexican drug cartels as part of Operation Fast and Furious while laundering narcotics money through the DEA. What measures the UN drug czar might be advocating was not immediately clear, though analysts suspect Yans was calling on the disgraced federal official to ignore the U.S. Constitution a very serious matter. Voters approving legalization of marijuana, Yans claimed in an attempt justify his arguments in an interview with the Associated Press, sends a wrong message to the rest of the nation and it sends a wrong message abroad. The UN INCB, though, seemed confident that Obama would obey the outlandish dictates of the self-styled international drug czar Posted by: Au Auric 2012-11-22 |
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