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Drugs are a business, either legalize them or crucify a drug dealer every 100 yards on the interstate highway.
You have reminded me of another point. Depending on how you define 'regulate' the federal government may or may not have authority to prohibit the importation or interstate transfer of drugs but most certainly has no constitutional authority to regulate what is produced and consumed within a state. The states, however, have much more authority in such matters. My problem with the state laws as they stand is that they were the product of federal coercion, not the legislatures acting of their own volition. If the feds wanted to crucify smugglers every 100 yards along the border, that would suit me just fine (with the caveat of due process for citizens).