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Drugs and the Constitution
• Liberty Maven (HT Liberty Pulse)At the very most the federal government could, perhaps, ban the importation of drugs, and prohibit their sale across state lines under the Commerce Clause of Article I, Section 8.
But nowhere in the Constitution is Congress empowered to prohibit the sale or possession of any item within state boundaries. The Tenth Amendment dictates that whatever Congress is not empowered to do must be left to the States, or to the people. This means Congress cannot . . .
* prohibit drug sales within the same state
* intervene in other countries with money or troops to fight undeclared drug wars