[publiusF27]

“Why was a constitutional amendment needed to outlaw liquor on a national basis, yet cannibis can be outlawed nationwide with simply a statute?”

I have asked that question repeatedly in the past and one of the few answers I got was that they didn’t really need to pass a constitutional amendment, they just did to make sure the people really wanted it (or some such nonsense).

Actually, the given reason is that an amendment is much harder to repeal and they wanted it to stick.

When I pointed out that the original federal drug laws were declared unconstitutional by the SC in the 1930’s...

Cite?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just look up the history of drug laws in the US.