[robertpaulsen]

"You're using it in a word game to establish that government in the USA can prohibit recreational drugs "legally"."

No word game necessary. The government may legally (ie., constitutionally) prohibit any drug, recreational or not. And they have.

[tpaine]

You're using it in a word game to establish that government in the USA can prohibit recreational drugs "legally".

No word game necessary. The government may legally (ie., constitutionally) prohibit any drug, recreational or not. And they have.

Pitiful.. - You 'beg that question' instead of proving your point. -- Where do you find a delegated 'power to prohibit' in the Constitution? [see the 10th]