Well, your statement was certainly not well thought-out, either. Please remember that we have a FEDERAL government, not a national one -- & the Constitution leaves the crime-fighting iowers to the states. The only area that I know of where Congress has been given exclusive authority to decide these issues is in the District of Columbia.
The crimes that the federal government have been given the authority to punish have been written in clear language (treason, bribery, piracy on the high seas, etc., etc.) & NO others. The STATES have retained their rights to firght their own versions of the Drug War as strongly or as leniently as they so desire, provided that cruel & unusual punishment is not used.
I said nothing about the limitations of state and federal governments. I said that the original statement was not well thought-out and illustrated why. You appear to be responding to something entirely beyond the scope of what I said.
Try reading it again. I am not wrong in criticizing his statement.