{"id":8779,"date":"2022-09-04T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2022-09-04T18:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:33:08","slug":"the-time-has-come-for-a-transpartisan-repeal-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8779","title":{"rendered":"The Time Has Come for a Transpartisan ‘Repeal’ Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“The federal government’s decadeslong war on marijuana, one of the most life-mangling<\/a> policies ever enacted, could be ended with a single sentence: The Controlled Substances Act<\/a> shall not apply to marijuana<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put it in a bill<\/a>, vote on the bill, pass the bill, sign the bill, done. Much of the federal government’s drug war law enforcement machinery would grind to a halt. No legislative horse-trading, no Christmas tree\u2013style gifts to favored constituencies, no giving old bureaucracies new responsibilities. Just the simple and urgent removal of the legal justification for grievous government harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This elegant approach, redolent<\/a> of the 21st Amendment<\/a>‘s repeal of federal alcohol prohibition, is untenable<\/a> to big-government lifers like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D\u2013N.Y.), as Jacob Sullum has repeatedly<\/a> detailed in these pages. But it’s the shortest line to a point where a supermajority of Americans<\/a> want policy to be. And it’s a template that could and should be used, at every level of government, by every flavor of politician.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Time Has Come for a Transpartisan ‘Repeal’ Caucus<\/a><\/blockquote>