[Rocksalt]

"I'm not saying there is anything in the constitution that empowers the goverment to protect us from dangerous things.

Good, because there isn't.

"I am saying this substance is harmful to our youth,it is a hard drug and that there are laws against making and selling it which might actually make sense."

"So you're happy with violating the Constitution? I hope you have the decency to not call yourself a conservative."

Where is it in the constitution that there are to be no laws protecting the citizens from reasonable harm?I'm all for reasonable freedoms,but your comments make me think you would favor a lawless society,at least where dangerous drugs are concerned.I'm assuming you would be in favor of legalizing all drugs,requardless of how dangerous they are?

[MrLeRoy]

Where is it in the constitution that there are to be no laws protecting the citizens from reasonable harm?

As the Tenth Amendment makes quite clear, this is the wrong question. The correct question is: Where is it in the Constitution that Congress is authorized to pass laws protecting the citizens from reasonable harm?