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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Allow me to play Devil's Advocate for a moment and ask you this: If medical marijuana can be grown at home and used to replace various other medications in a cheaper and more effective manner, isn't it safe to say that it can substantially effect interstate commerce in the case of Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture their medical supplies out of state? I make not attempt to defend this from an ethical standpoint, but technically speaking, it seems to fall under Congress' jurisdiction.
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Very good question. My feeling is that if Ohio voted for legalized medicinal marijuana, I would be fine with Ohio (or local) government keeping track of my growing and consumption. OR allow farms where growers would grow it and sell it to drugstores and disburse it that way. (Granted that should be included in the voting literature so people would know before they vote.)
My reasoning to allow that loss of "freedom" would be: a much needed medicine will stay illegal otherwise AND it takes away ANY idea that it would be interstate commerce. The vote would say yes, I want it legal but yes I also understand and accept that it would have to be regulated within the state, because it is still illegal in other states.
If it is grown in state and sold exclusively in state and regulated to make sure all that is grown is either kept in state or destroyed.... then there is NO Federal case, whatsoever.
I doubt states went to that length but in hindsight perhaps if they had it would still be legal.