1998 Ron Paul 47:1
Mr. PAUL.
Mr. Speaker, let me
point out, once again, that up until
just very recently in our history, it was
assumed that the Federal Government
did not have this authority. To assume
that we do have this, I guess that’s
why we call it a war, to say that this
is national defense.
1998 Ron Paul 47:2
But Prohibition, obviously, when
they passed that amendment to the
Constitution, recognized that the Congress
couldn“t pass laws. And like I
mentioned in 1937, when Roosevelt decided
that we should attack medical
marijuana, that he would do it through
raising taxes. So it’s only in recent
history that we’ve decided that this
is a Federal project. And the record is just
not very clear it’s been very successful.
1998 Ron Paul 47:3
But I am concerned not only about the
drug usage, obviously, and the fact
that the war has failed, but those
things that are so negative when it
comes to violation of liberties.
1998 Ron Paul 47:4
The other day there was a story in
the media that said there was a child
suffering from an acute attack of asthma. Now, there was another asthmatic
in the class, and she did what seemed
to come natural to her: She went and
gave her a whiff of her nebulizer and
the girl immediately came out of her
acute asthma attack. And she was quickly
apprehended under a Federal statute
saying that she was disobeying the
Federal law on the use of drugs.
1998 Ron Paul 47:5
Now, it might be advisable to caution
a young child giving medications
to another, but this was very obvious
and very clear. She happened to have
been a hero with the other students
and she was certainly a hero for the
girl she helped.
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1998 Ron Paul 47:4 what seemed to come natural to her probably should be what seemed to come naturally to her.
