Pubdate: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 Source: Decatur Daily (AL) Copyright: 2004 The Decatur Daily Contact: http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/696 Author: James C. Huckaby, III CONSTITUTION DOESN'T BAR GROWTH, USE OF CANNABIS The government has no business attempting to determine the course of individual human lives. Personal choices exist for all humans and no government can take them away. We have to respect one another's private space and personal choices. Our personal freedoms are of great importance and we must work more earnestly to defend them. We no longer live in the Dark Ages, when ignorance, superstition and falsehood crept into the consciences of men. This is a new age, and if our nation is to prosper, we must have pure freedom. The U.S. Constitution holds precedence over all. If there be a law which is unconstitutional, then we the people have the authority to strike it down. The laws and principles of our founding fathers must be the laws and principles of today. There is no need for one false law that infringes upon the rights of the American people. There were no false laws against cannabis at the time of our founding fathers and there is no need for such false laws today. Growing and using cannabis is acceptable under the Constitution. The implied powers of the Constitution dictate that no one may infringe upon our life, liberty or pursuit of happiness. Growing and using cannabis is acceptable under the laws of nature and nature's god. It is only the weak Tories who seek to take the American people's personal choices and rights away. Let every American individual of age decide for themselves. Let freedom ring. James C. Huckaby III Anniston