Funadvice Logo

Ron Paul, Republican, Says States Have Right to Legalize Pot??

Home More advice Politics & Law

Is this the kind of thing that had the republican government under Bush going the other way on traditional republican values (especially states rights?). It's interesting to me that he said while states should legalize and regulate, people should not get government funding for their abuse of such drugs...fascinating.

The current spending at the federal level in the war on drugs is in the hundreds of billions annually in the US...even if there wasn't a tax in place, simply halting that money (jail time, sentencing, arrests, warrants, related violence, etc) would free up a TON of society's resources for education, public health and safety.

Is Ron Paul the voice of the new republican, or is the party going to continue it's Bush era Federal government comes first and states rights do not matter approach? Imho, the only way I'll ever respect the Republican party is if they put their values & speeches where they said they would, reducing our bloated federal government & letting states make up their own minds. What do you think?