You didn't address your question to me but I will answer it. Show me where in the constitution the government has the right to ban pot smoking? It isn't there. The right to smoke however is in there. It comes under the heading of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Until about the turn of the 20th century people in America had no drug laws shoved down their throats, the drug addiction rate was no higher than it is now and religion seemed to have a far bigger following than it does now.
BTW, before you make some snarky remark, I don't smoke pot or do drugs, in fact I very seldom drink alcohol, but I stand by the right of the individual to do so if they so choose. The government has no right to keep anyone from it.
All the war on drugs has gotten us is a huge loss of freedom and, lately, a sh** load of dead dogs and sometimes innocent people killed in botched raids.
States have the right to limit or not limit drug use. It is not as Federal matter according to the US Constitution.
“Show me where in the constitution the government has the right to ban pot smoking?”
So you answer a question with another question? You also, by saying this, concede that yes, pot smoking is not an enumerated constitutional right - like the 2nd amendment.
Thank you for the concession.
“The right to smoke however is in there.”
It’s not an enumerated right in the constitution either.
“It comes under the heading of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
That would be the preamble to the declaration of independence, not in the constitution. You’re still flailing away to show me how this is an enumerated right.
“Until about the turn of the 20th century people in America had no drug laws shoved down their throats, the drug addiction rate was no higher than it is now and religion seemed to have a far bigger following than it does now.”
They also had laws in much of the country regulating the buying and selling of drugs, they also didn’t have drug pushers pushing drugs on children, nor did they tolerate property crimes committed by addicts.
They also had serious, serious opium addiction problems. The local authorities have always had the power to regulate the distribution of controlled substances, and counties exist today that bar the sale of alcohol altogether. If pot smoking were in fact a natural right - the counties could not ban the selling of pot in their area. You also have plenty of open container laws, etc. You just can’t go and drink anywhere you like, whenever you like.
“I don’t smoke pot or do drugs, in fact I very seldom drink alcohol, but I stand by the right of the individual to do so if they so choose. The government has no right to keep anyone from it.”
Actually, yes they do. The government has regulations on age.
“All the war on drugs has gotten us is a huge loss of freedom”
Look at Mexico. They’ve conceded the drug war to the narcos. Hey, maybe you have the luxury of saying - we should give peace a chance, but then it’s not on your doorstop.