[fr_freak]

So you're saying that if the use of pot by an individual within a state, or growing and selling pot within a state interferes with constitutional federal interstate regulation, Congress can do nothing about it?

Seems kinda pointless to give Congress this power, doesn't it?

I can't imagine how the use of pot by an individual within a state, or growing and selling within a state, could possibly interfere with the federal government's ability to regulate interstate trade. I'd like to hear what scenario you can come up with. The purpose of allowing the federal government to regulate interstate trade is so that trade disputes do not happen between states as they do between countries. If an individual has no intention of selling his product across state lines, or is only purchasing it to use locally, or is growing it to use or sell locally, how can the federal government's role as interstate trade mediator possibly come into play?

[robertpaulsen]

"I can't imagine how the use of pot by an individual within a state, or growing and selling within a state, could possibly interfere with the federal government's ability to regulate interstate trade."

Well, we're getting ahead of ourselves, aren't we?

My question to you is, and continues to be, IF this local activity DID interfere with Congress' constitutional federal interstate regulatory efforts, can Congress legislate this activity? Or is it your opinion that they cannot, since the activity is confined to the state?

If Congress cannot, then what will this mean to their current regulatory efforts with airline traffic, trucking regulations, railroad, agriculture, communication spectrum, etc.?