[WOSG]

“Marijuana and cocaine weren’t always illegal.”

Neither was slavery. Not a good argument.

And if you dont think booze creates problems today ... just look at the death stats on drunken driving for your answer.

“Should the federal government be regulating citizens’ vices?”
Good question.
But certainly more offensive than punishing us for our vices is when Govt punishes us for our VIRTUE!

Which we do today. By that I mean taxation of the responsible to pay the bills of the irresponsible. Nobody has convinced me that legalizing drugs wont make that welfare-addled system worse. For those of us who are responsible non-drug-using citizens, it’s not a gain to our freedom to see legal drug use, just a burden to our wallet.

[ConservativeMind]

But certainly more offensive than punishing us for our vices is when Govt punishes us for our VIRTUE!

Well said!

[Ken H]

Gentlemen, in your reading and understanding of the Constitution, do you think authority is delegated to fedgov to regulate vice under the Commerce Clause? Or do you think the states retained this authority under the Tenth Amendment?

[Eagle Eye]

Neither was slavery. Not a good argument.

Excellent argument if you leave it in context..CONSENTING ADULTS (and note I did NOT call you A hole under my breath!).

The rest of your jibberish had nothing to do with the discussion I was having with someone else.

[Nipplemancer]

“For those of us who are responsible non-drug-using citizens”
what about responsible drug using citizens? they must exist, these people who break the law every once and a while and smoke a joint in the attic listening to iron butterfly. They’ve got jobs, a house, kids, 401k, they serve on juries and attend PTA meetings. these people do exist, hell, they’re probably your next door neighbors.