It's Official -- No Limit to Federal Powers

Crud. I should've walked away from the computer after completing my last post, thus ensuring my happy mood would last longer ... but no, I had to look at the news. And what do I see? The robed nazgul have ruled that the fedgov war on drugs trumps states' laws on medical marijuana. First three paragraphs of San Francisco Chronicle story:

The federal government may prosecute people who use marijuana for medical reasons, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today - even if they live in states where use of the drug is protected by law.

The decision delivered a blow to medical marijuana advocates, who had hoped for a precedent-setting ruling in their favor.

The 6-3 ruling overturned a decision by a San Francisco federal appeals court that Angel Raich of Oakland and Diane Monson of Oroville - physically ill women use pot to ease their pain - should be immune to federal prosecution.

How can anyone opposing the war on drugs seriously hope for a "ruling in their favor"? I think that surprises me more than anything else I've seen on this news thus far ...