Criminalizing mind-altering drug use is a far cry from forcing people to pay for government health insurance.
“Criminalizing mind-altering drug use is a far cry from forcing people to pay for government health insurance.”
No, it isn’t. For growing and using your own drugs is not commerce any more than mere existence (the basis for falling under the mandate) is. It’s just that SCOTUS precedence since Wickard v. Filburn says growing stuff on your property is not only economic activity but interstate commerce. There is no such precendence for regulating the obviuous non-commerce that is being a breathing adult citizen.