[Blood of Tyrants]

The government has stood the Constitution on it's head since the Roosevelt began literally dozens of unconstitutional government programs buy invoking the "interstate commerce clause" and pretending that it was written to basically void the rest of the Constitution by giving Congress the power to do literally ANYTHING that is even remotely linked to interstate commerce.

[MeanWestTexan]

These are state laws, so the commerce clause (and federal power) is not implicated.

That said, these are stupid laws for an altogether different reason.

[Wallace T.]

The restrictions on pseudoephedrine or ephedrine are on the state level and thus would not be an interstate commerce matter. We are therefore dealing with a philosophical issue, as to whether a state or local government may place restrictions on market transactions in the name of fighting a dangerous drug. There is also the practical issue of the effectiveness of these restrictions. If market restrictions put the small drug dealer operating outside of an international syndicate out of business, it may invite the larger, Mafia-style operation that has the ability to produce large quantities, set up networks of sellers, and pay off police, prosecutors, and politicians.

I am no fan of drug legalization, but restrictions on the sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine may eliminate Bubba, and lay the groundwork for 21st Century goombahs.