Re: DOES THE 9th AMENDMENT PROTECT RESPONSIBLE REC DRUG USE?

George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]>...
> How do we decide which rights are in the list and which are not?

Can we agree that we have the right to pursue happiness? How about
alter our consciousness if we chose... as long as neither has a
negative impact on others? How much more basic of a right can there be
than deciding what goes into our own bodies? If that IS a basic
right... then what is government's role under the ninth? I believe it
is to maximize freedoms with  laws that both protect responsible
citizens while vigorously protecting society. A start could be to
allow any adult to purchase pot should they choose. I would NOT be
adverse to a licensing scheme to prevent people proven irresponsible
from being able to purchase pot. Tax it to cover social costs and law
enforcement... NOT for the general fund.... and raise penalties for
any irresponsible use... and that would include providing pot to
minors. Unlike mindless prohibitionary laws... such an approach
creates a legal mechanism to link rights in these difficult to
responsible behavior.