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Some seem to believe that an herb given by God to man and beast alike at the beginning of time and which has grown freely almost everywhere, including here long before our nation was formed, is permissibly eradicable or controllable by the federal government through powers granted by the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution. It is an impossible task to devise a logical explanation of how the commerce clause can prohibit the personal growth and consumption of an herb gifted by God. In light of the rest of the Constitution any such perceived mandate dissolves and exposes the government as deluded by its grandeur.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness."

Preamble: ...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity...

Amendment V: nor shall (anyone) be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the PEOPLE.

Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the PEOPLE.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Nowhere in the Constitution is it enumerated what one may put into ones body. Therefore, that right is reserved for the states or the people. However,
since God has already specified in the Bible what one may consume, it is, in fact, the People’s God given right.

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.

SOBER:

1) to be of sound mind

a) to be in one's right mind

b) to exercise self control

1) to put a moderate estimate upon one's self, think of one's self soberly

2) to curb one's passions

2Cr 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause.

1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

1Ti 3:11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Tts 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Tts 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Tts 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Tts 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

1Pe 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1Pe 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Since God has instructed us to be sober (clear minded), that pretty much rules out pot, cocaine, meth, LSD, alcohol, speed, marijuana, heroin and the list goes on....

The religous angle is a no-go.

From a state standpoint, the US Constitution does NOT give you unlimited rights at the expense of other's rights. The state has the right to secure the population. We, as a government "of the people", have a right to impose a level of control in our society. It is done through the democratic process.

I know the druggies don't like that, but that's just tough.