Marijuana and cocaine weren't always illegal.
We only have an illegal drug problem beause we made them illegal, as what happened with booze.
Should the federal government be regulating citizens' vices?
“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.