Should The Government Embrace If It's A States Choice?

One of the biggest talked about subjects can be summed up in one question, "Can government interfere with legalizing recreational marijuana if it's a states choice?" According to the ninth amendment, " The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Meaning, even though there are states rights that exist, like the use of recreational marijuana, it does not mean a state's rights can be violated by interference of the federal government. Along with the tenth amendment that states, "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." According to both of the …show more content…
Such as, when the constitution says "General Welfare of the United States" this is allowing the federal government to interfere because it's affecting the general welfare of the people. Because it's affecting the people the question is, "Can government interfere and create regulations against recreational marijuana?" In a way yes the federal government can interfere because it affects the general welfare people, but at the same time the government cannot interfere because of states choice. This brings up another question that if you talk to government they will immediately tell you that cocaine and heroine are illegal and banned from all states, so what's makes marijuana so different that it's allowed to be legalized? Which brings me to, according to the federal government, if government interfered it would be to do just as stated along with preventing the distribution of marijuana to children and prevent drug cartels from making profit from marijuana. This topic can get messy and tricky because even though the choice is up to the state, the federal government could have the United State's best