[GeronL]

enemy of the Constitution.... where does it say drugs have to be legal?

Hey, since it doesn’t ban Child Rape I guess thats okay too??

state or fed, I am still against child rape.

[ctdonath2]

The Constitution does not empower the government to ban them. Ergo, legal. Taxed up the wazoo like whiskey, perhaps, but not banned. Remember: it took a Constitutional amendment to ban alcohol ... and then the ban was reversed because the consequence of Prohibition was worse than prior & subsequent legality. This time around we've [improperly] dispensed with the Constitutional amendment, but the consequences are similarly bad. Nobody is saying legalization is harmless, but it is less harmful and easier to manage & mitigate.