{"id":24313,"date":"2014-11-13T07:08:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24313"},"modified":"2014-11-13T07:08:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:08:33","slug":"an-interesting-development-for-the-political-left-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24313","title":{"rendered":"An Interesting Development For The Political Left In America"},"content":{"rendered":"

The political left in America loves the United Nations<\/a>. When the U.N. condemns Israel and supports countries that routinely practice persecution of non-Muslim religions, the political left in America doesn’t seem to notice. When the U.N. creates gun treaties that will take away Americans’ Second Amendment rights, the political left doesn’t worry about American<\/a> sovereignty. Well, the question of American sovereignty is about to impact some of the political left.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> posted a story yesterday reporting that Yury Fedotov<\/a>, executive director of the United Nations<\/a><\/span> Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)<\/span>, has told reporters that moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana<\/a> are not in line with international drugs conventions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

“I don’t see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions,” Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations<\/a><\/span> Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asked whether there was anything the UNODC could do about it, Fedotov said he would raise the problem next week with the U.S. State Department<\/a> and other U.N. agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have stated before that I do not support the legalization of marijuana. However, I do support American sovereignty and states’ rights. Under the U.S. Constitution<\/a>, the states have all authority not enumerated as federal authority (Tenth Amendment). I believe that according to the U.S. Constitution, the states are within their rights to legalize marijuana. Has America given the U.N. sovereignty over our states?<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

On the international level, Uruguay<\/a>‘s parliament in late 2013 approved a bill to legalize and regulate the production and sale of marijuana — the first country to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Narcotics Control Board<\/a> (INCB) has said Uruguay’s new bill contravened the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs<\/a>, which it says requires states to limit the use of cannabis to medical and scientific purposes, due to its dependence-producing potential. The Vienna-based INCB monitors compliance with this and two other drug control treaties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This could get interesting.<\/p>\n

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