[mhking]

Did they amend it unnessecarily?

Yep. Without question. That is a power that should be reserved for the states.

Personally, I think that the WOD needs to be suspended, period. If states want to prosecute, then they need to lay out the resources to do so. Leave the Feds out of it. Now if there's an issue of national security that is tied to it (i.e., the Colombian situation), then it needs to be dealt with on that level. This half-in, half-out game that they've been playing is nothing but a waste of time, resources and money.

I'm not saying to legalize drugs. But I am saying that the onus belongs with the states, not the federal government - just as the onus with alcohol regulation is a state's rights issue.

[HaveGunWillTravel]

There you go then. The war on drugs is an area in which the us government has exceeded its lawful authority. Tyranny.

[HaveGunWillTravel]

Nice chatting. I have to go. Later.

[exodus]

To: HaveGunWillTravel
"...I'm not saying to legalize drugs. But I am saying that the onus belongs with the states, not the federal government - just as the onus with alcohol regulation is a state's rights issue.
# 114 by mhking

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All drug laws are based upon a corruption of the Commerce Power.

Neither Federal, State, nor Local government can Constitutionally outlaw any drug.