[Antoninus]

So do you support national marijuana prohibition by fedgov, which depends on the New Deal view of the Commerce Clause; or should that be left to the states to decide under authority of the Tenth Amendment?

If the drug trade isn't interstate commerce, nothing is. Plus, it involves foreign entities smuggling contraband across our national borders. It is a federal issue.

[Wolfie]

And the health insurance industry is interstate commerce as well. Which is why Obamacare is here to stay.

[Ken H]

Bend over for Obamacare. You asked for it...

Both Silberman and Sutton cited Scalia's opinion in 2005 upholding strict federal regulation of marijuana in the case of Angel Raich, a Californian who used home-grown marijuana to relieve her pain. "If Congress could regulate Angel Raich when she grew marijuana on her property for self-consumption," Sutton wrote, "it is difficult to say Congress may not regulate the 50 million Americans who self-finance their medical care."

http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?a=rp&m=b&postId=1165037

[JustSayNoToNannies]

If the drug trade isn't interstate commerce, nothing is.

Some is and some isn't; presumably in the several states where marijuana is the #1 cash crop, a significant portion of that marijuana is sold in the same state. Do the feds have authority under the commerce clause to prohibit ALL marijuana growing and possession because SOME marijuana crosses state lines?

Plus, it involves foreign entities smuggling contraband across our national borders.

Some is and some isn't; I don't think coca or opium poppies grow well here, but a lot of marijuana and synthetic drugs are domestic product. Do the feds have authority to prohibit ALL making and possession of those drugs because SOME crosses the national border?