I believe the legalization argument centers around the idea that it would eliminate the black market. I don’t believe it would. As I said, the black market cannot be eliminated unless every drug is made available, and every person from birth on can have access.
Otherwise the specific drugs still denied would be black marketed, and kids under age would also be targeted.
As for the Tenth Amendment argument, you have heard of the BATF. There’s still federal involvement in those products.
Look, the interstate and transnational aspects of drug trafficking make it quite difficult to simply turn it over to the states.
I’m generally a 10th Amendment supporting person, but this one has far reaching implications. If Arizona has open laws, what prevents people from other states from swooping in to partake from states that don’t.
What would stop the smuggling? Once state lines were involved, you’d still have fed involvement.
Like I said, every drug, every breathing human, in every corner of the nation, or you still have a black market.
And it is the parents' responsibility to teach their children to refrain from consuming dangerous substances, is it not?
If Arizona has open laws, what prevents people from other states from swooping in to partake from states that dont.
The fact that if you import the controlled substance into a state that prohibits possession, you would be in violation of that state's laws.