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You need to chill out and stop acting like a wild man. The facts are the facts. If you don't like the current drug laws in America, work to get them changed. Just stop all the whining and complaining already. The will of the people, carried out through their elected representatives, gives the federal government a mandate to enact laws against drug trafficking, purchase, possession and ingestion of harmful substances, like coacaine, heroin, and marijuana. America's national drug control policy has worked very well and has reduced drug use by 40% since 1979.

I suggest you follow your advice. >>>No matter HOW shrilly you scream that you do not like it. Deal with it.

The will of the people, carried out through their elected representatives, gives the federal government a mandate to enact laws.....

If a majority of the people were to demand that left-handed people be executed, so that we didn't have to worry about the costs they impose on society (left handed golf clubs, etc.), would that be acceptable?

According to your rationalization, it would be OK. And, it's exactly that attitude that our form of government was designed to prevent: tyranny of the majority. They recognized that unrestricted democracy would lead to this kind of abuse, and that's why our government is a constitutional republic.

The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government. Drug prohibition isn't one of them. You might be able to make the case that states are free to do so, depending on your interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

Currently the feds won't even allow states to relax the draconian laws for medical purposes. That violates the will of the citizens of those states. How do you rationalize that?