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Raich -- The Times and Post Weigh In
...For the love of God, why not let communities and states decide for themselves if they value the preservation of an obscure species over the jobs and wealth brought by commercial development? And, again, keep some perspective here: The Washington Post is saying it was necessary to deny Angel Raich the marijuana that may be keeping her alive because to say otherwise may sometime, somewhere down the road impair Congress' ability to protect animals? That's not even getting into the perverse incentives and actual harm the ESA does to the animals it's trying to protect....