Reply #158: actually ... the prohibitionists relied on the ...

[Pepperbelly]

interstate commerce clause to pass the Controlled Substances Act in the early 70s which, for the most part, repealed much of the old Harrison Narcotics Act.

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In 1970 the U.S. Congress enacted the federal Controlled Substances Act (the “CSA”)(<8>) pursuant to the federal authority to regulate interstate commerce.(<9>) This Act repealed most of the earlier federal legislation, including the Harrison Act and the Marihuana Tax Act, and is the foundation of U.S. federal drug law today.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/library-e/dolin2-e.htm#1.%20%20Federal%20Law

Oddly enough, the government asserts that in order to regulate interstate commerce, they do not have a burden to prove that interstae commerce was involved. Talk about some upside-down, black is white, left is right reasoning, the useless fucks.