[Junk Silver]

Has anyone heard of the 10th amendment to the constitution? Since the answer seems to be “no”, here it is:

“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.”

The Federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate drugs. That’s why a constitutional amendment had to be passed for prohibition to be enacted. The idea that Federal drug laws have any relevance in a state that has decriminalized marijuana is preposterous.

It’s too bad we don’t have our elected officials take an oath to uphold the constitution, maybe that would help.

[sparklite2]

Article 1, section 18 of the Constitution
lists the enumerated powers of the government.

One of which is...

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years

[backwoods-engineer]

Nice try. We all know that the 10th Amendment was incredibly watered down by Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942). In that case, a chicken farmer was deemed to be affecting US commerce for wheat by producing local wheat for his chickens. The interpretation has been broadened now such that the Feds have jurisdiction over ANY product that is within the US; the phrase is "has moved in US commerce." That includes marijuana.

[NobleFree]

The Federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate drugs. That’s why a constitutional amendment had to be passed for prohibition to be enacted.

For some FReepers, constitutionalism is not a principle but a tactic: used when conducive to their ends, ignored when not.