“not within the enumerated powers “
Neither are narcotics, yet they managed to pull that off at the federal level.
That’s because congress was granted the authority to enact laws.
“Neither are narcotics, yet they managed to pull that off at the federal level.”
Nope. They aren’t so long as the narcotic is made, sold and consumed in a single state. Once they are sold across state lines, then Congress probably has the right to regulate that process under the interstate commerce clause.