Tacticalogic,
Sorry for the delay in response, I took my family camping.
You have identified me as a believer in the existence of a Federal government. I concur. I don't think a loose confederation would serve us well. This issue was settled twice with History on the side of a stronger Federal government than you would like. Doesn't mean specifically that you are wrong, but you are going to need a stronger argument than the WOD.
Just for clarification I also don't like the pure libertarian view of privatized police, fire/rescue, etc.
Now, as I said, I think the Federal government has too big of a roll in the collective governace of this country. I base that both on Constitutional grounds and on practical grounds (I don't think its working out so good).
Before charging headlong down the path of federal excommunication, you need to give a little thought to the devil you don't know. One of the primary reasons the federal government was able to so easily enlarge its reach, was because there was so much corruption, abuse of power, and inneffectiveness in local governments. There is absolutely no reason to think that the states would "legalize" drugs, some might, most wouldn't. Some might return to a prohibition on alcohol and create one on tobacco. Without federal oversight, state border checkpoints might likely become common, to check for prohibited items. A small town sheriff in partner with the local magistrate can be extremely powerful, "How much money you got boy?" New Orleans ring a bell? I've had several friends robbed at gun point in NO, by the police.
So you can make your Constitutional arguments for restricting the Federal government to its size of 1786, and I'll agree with some of it. But its naive to think that you are going to have an easier time correcting the abuses of state government than the federal government. In fact, it was the national spotlight that served to clean up a lot of local corruption.
Out of curiosity, how do you propose to legalize drugs? Are you suggesting that the federal government force the states to legalize?
Before you throw out the bath water, determine how you are going to deal with the baby.
"Legalizing drugs" is not the objective. Putting the decision back where it belongs within the original architecture of the Republic is.
That's called "asset forfeiture".