“The states should be setting those policies within their borders instead of the federal government, agreed?”
You tell me how that would work.
When a guy gets addicted to heroin in Nevada and moves to California goes on disability and welfare for the rest of his life, assuming he stays out of jail, then why wouldn’t one seek to regulate heroin federally? There may be drugs that might be state controlled, but why bother, really?
I don’t think the “collect taxes” argument holds water.
If we could dismantle the welfare state, I might change my mind.