What happened to popular sovereignty?

The term might be old, but the thought still holds true. We are ruled by a few people, but we are a few million. So why is it that when a great amount of people vote for a law, they have the right to reject it? Petitions to legalize cannabis have over 100,000 signatures in all, so why is it that congress and senate and the president, who are tiny compared to the amount of signatures, can repeal it? They are our representatives, they *represent* us. So when we want to legalize weed, why are we still rejected? Shouldn't it be evident that if they are rejecting something that so many thousands are asking for, something is wrong? America confuses me.

Cigarettes have chemicals like rat poison, piss, nail polish remover, and antifreeze.

Alcohol destroys the liver and gets you *WAY* worse when you're wasted than when you're high.

Cannabis is a natural plant with disease fighting qualities, yet it's illegal?

Money my brethren. People are simply being payed by those who make money from us for it being illegal. America kind of has this 'illusion of freedom' thing going on at the moment, but maybe it has been going on farther then I or you realize?

Money my brethren. People are simply being payed by those who make money from us for it being illegal. America kind of has this 'illusion of freedom' thing going on at the moment, but maybe it has been going on farther then I or you realize?

I love that. I just about puke when I hear old cliches like, "The Freest Nation on Earth."
While that may be true, that doesn't mean we aren't still royally FUCKED. Being "better than China" isn't exactly something to hang your hat on.

I also take issue with the military industrialists and other industrialists waging war and placing the blanket statement on it that they are "protecting our freedoms." BARF.

Looking back at our nation's short history, the laws have been written to advance certain groups and hold back others all along. Nothing has changed there really. It's just the "how and what" that has changed. More and more, very important decisions are being made by factions like NATO/The UN which are outside of the purview of our Constitution and are without representation of the people. Globalism is the new "sovereignty."

What happened to popular sovereignty?

The Social Contract happened. Back when the United States were just starting out, the people of a nation agreed to a social contract. An agreement whereby citizens of a nation give up some of their powers, in return for protection and security. After so many years of it being incorporated into this nation and other societies, there's not much we can do about it. We are simply born, or coerced if you will, into this agreement.

there is no such thing as popular sov. it does not exist for many reasons good and bad, if they legalized everything that a large group of people wanted then things would be worse then they are. its all about money, a piece of paper worth more then what it printed on. also in the constitution it says if the government ever becomes to powerful We the people are supposed to overthrow them and start over. why has that not happened yet? because the government knows how to make us happy, we have cars, we have tv, we have the freedom to stand up yell fuck the world and eat mcdonalds until we die. so people can say we arent free but we are up to the point that the government is making money off of pot smokers getting locked up and there so deep in it if they legalized it what happens to the pot smokers in jail right then? itll be chaos. i think for weed to become legal it will take not only an overthrow of what we believe in but also an overthrow of a bunch of racist white old dudes running our country behind closed doors