UN Says US Pot Legalization Violates International Treaties

[HeadlessRoland]

Perfect opportunity to get some dopers into the John Birch Society.

Not a doper, but definitely a member of the John Birch Society.

Death to the U.N.

 

[Degtyaryov]

Those treaties violate our constitution and civil rights. The UN can sod off.

 

[MikeDVB]

I think making it legal is the issue versus simply making it not-illegal.

For example it's not illegal to hop on one foot but there is also no law that explicitly makes it legal.

The Amsterdam example - it's not "legal" it's just not "illegal" (or, at least, not enforced). I'm not up to date on Amsterdam laws.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Illegal - legal - that's up to the American people and the American justice system to sort out. We will take care of our domestic issues and don't need UN intervention on this issue, people control (aka gun control), or anything else.

 

[foszoe]

UN: Colo., Wash. legal pot violates drug treaties | Nation & World | The Seattle Times

Maybe this will unite the right wing extremists with the left wing radicals and we will finally break the yoke of the UN !

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Maybe this will unite the right wing extremists with the left wing radicals and we will finally break the yoke of the UN !

yeah ...... maybe .....

 

[lucky4034]

I wonder why? Is it because their are other countries who rely on the revenue of importing drugs to the good ole USA?

 

[MikeDVB]

You know what occurred to me?

The U.S.A. is a part of the UN, not Colorado or Washington. If the USA were to disband the states would still exist and be sovereign...

Federally it's still illegal and, as such, the UN can **** off.

You know what, the UN can **** off regardless.

 

[CarmelHP]

What would be the downside? They quit helping us fight a war that cannot be won.

I didn't think I needed to include the purple.

 

[jbombelli]

LOL.

So what is their position on our government actively assisting in the smuggling of weapons to narco-terrorists?

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DueSvcjn810

 

[rambone]

Just say no to the UN

International Drug Control Law : International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy

The 1988 Convention, arguably the most prescriptive and punitive of the three, is focused on the illicit traffic of the substances under control in the 1961 and 1971 Conventions. Its primary aims are increased international law enforcement and stronger domestic criminal legislation.

 

[jbombelli]

Why don't I hear them complaining about Canada? Or Amsterdam?

Or are they, and we just don't hear about it?

 

[Classic]

We shouldn't be paying for this bunch of asshats in the first place, much less associating ourselves with such a collectivist group.

 

[Liberty1911]

Why don't I hear them complaining about Canada? Or Amsterdam?

Or are they, and we just don't hear about it?

I think largely because the UN is inherently anti-US, so we routinely get hammered over stuff while others get a pass.