Simply because R-U-N Paul is a kook due to his beliefs regarding the WOT and the WOD, doesn’t mean that I believe he’s a kook for the reasons you posted.
I refer you to post 207 of this thread. And WRT the WOsD, can you point out one single place where the Constitution gives FedGov (or, indeed, any level of government) the specific authority to regulate or ban possession or ingestion of ANYTHING WHATSOEVER? I suggest you read the Tenth Amendment first and do not try to suggest that the ICC grants such authority, as it does NOT. In fact the Founders were quite specific as to what they meant by the power to regulate commerce between the states... and that was ONLY to prevent the states from impeding commerce from an outside state into theirs. Or quarrels between states. And that was all. Until the FDR era. Oh, and the act passed in about 1913 or so outlawing possession and use of smokable opium by the Chinese... you know, real noble stuff and all.
Oh... and my family’s history in America goes back to the Mayflower. And I have spent most of my adult life in uniform. Your “creds” are not all THAT impressive.