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Originally Posted by Locke9-05
Civil liberties? There are no civil liberties to indulge in mindless substances that impair your cognition to the point of you losing control of your senses, there are no civil liberties that grant you any kind of "right" to using a substance that is unhealthy (emotionally and physically) to those around you. You may entitle yourself that right, but the US Constitution says the opposite.
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Actually civil liberties are all about what the individual can do so long as they don't unduely endanger others or the property of others.
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Originally Posted by lock9-05
The US Constitution puts Congress in charge of making decisions for the betterment of the collective population--that is in the Constitution, and they've done that. You don't need marijuana for any aspect of life, and it has many negative factors--some which are threatening and pose a risk to the safety, health, etc. of nonusers. No "civil liberty" there.
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Please cite the enumerated power in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution that gives this power to the federal government.
If you will note historically that it took a Constitutional Amendment (18th Amendment) to ban the production, sales, distribution, and possession of a substance so the precident has been established. Show me where the US Constitution gives the federal government the right to outlaw a substance today.