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U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency

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(Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.

Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.
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U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency | Reuters

Better smoke em while you got em, because the UN wants to take away your drugs.
 
The UN was high when they made the announcement.
 
Since when has anybody given a flying rat's ass what the UN has to say about anything?

And really, AliHaji? Like the UN is going to overrule the US citizenry? The only reason they have that policy in the first place is because we ****ing told them to. They're our bitches not the other way around.
 
American said:
If the Senate approves a treaty to that effect, it becomes the law of the land.
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It is already the law of the land - it simply is not the enforced law of the land any more. ;)
 
ttwtt78640 said:
It is already the law of the land - it simply is not the enforced law of the land any more. ;)
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The current law of the land says pot is illegal, whether we actually signed a treaty to that effect I don't know.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Good luck with that. Just like the UN gun ban.
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The gun ban was about importing certain types of weapons, and I don't think the Senate ratified it.
 
American said:
The current law of the land says pot is illegal, whether we actually signed a treaty to that effect I don't know.
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Either way the UN can't do squat, especially, without US funding/support. This is yet another futile attempt of the tail wagging the dog. ;)
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Since when has anybody given a flying rat's ass what the UN has to say about anything?

And really, AliHaji? Like the UN is going to overrule the US citizenry? The only reason they have that policy in the first place is because we ****ing told them to. They're our bitches not the other way around.
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Viewing the world as though a prison yard actually provides some refreshing insight. Especially true with the way conflicts are handled!
 
Kushinator said:
Viewing the world as though a prison yard actually provides some refreshing insight. Especially true with the way conflicts are handled!
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That's basically the underlying principle of neorealism, which is the only theory of intentional relations that is taken seriously and operated upon.
 
"Oh U.N. you got a problem with that? You know what you should do? You should sanction me. Sanction me with your army. Oh! Wait a minute! You don't have an army! So I guess that means you need to shut the **** up. That's what I would do if I didn't have an army, I would shut the **** up."
 
Since the legalization of pot rape and murder have expanded by 14,000,000,000% just as predicted in the documentary "Reefer Madness". God help us.
 
So if a country won't follow its own laws, why should it expect others to follow theirs? I wonder how the UN feels about the Dutch and their drug laws.

I'm a fan of a country enforcing its laws but if they aren't going to be enforced, then they should be repealed.
 
Two things need to be done. Marijuana has to be removed from the laws listing it as a narcotic. If that can't be done, withdraw from the treaty.

Or, we just do what Holland did which is more or less what the states that have lifted prohibition. Allow for small use and prosecute large trafficking cases.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Didn't know the UN had any say so.
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It seems they do. The 1961 UN Convention was ratified by the US and treaties have the force of law except where they
violate the Constitution. Only way around that would be to withdraw from the treaty or claim that smoking pot is protected by the
ninth amendment.

As a practical matter though it doesn't mean much. No one listens to the U.N., not even the Dutch.
 
All the more reason to ditch "international law."
 
American said:
If the Senate approves a treaty to that effect, it becomes the law of the land.
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That would make the Senate the determiners of the law of the law of the land.
 
jimbo said:
That would make the Senate the determiners of the law of the law of the land.
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Only on treaty ratification, see the US Constitution.
 
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