Adults are required to live with the consequences of their actions. If were to make the bad decision to begin using heroin then I should live with the consequences of using heroin. There is no need for a law to tell me what I can and cannot take into my body. On the other hand, there are crimes that are often associated with drug use, like theft for example. The crime then is theft, not drug use. People should be warned of the dangers of heroin and that is the end of government's involvement.
Government exists to protect against force and fraud. The several states formed a federal government to provide for our mutual defense and to keep the doors of interstate commerce open. To that end the Department of Agriculture maintains weights and measures. An ounce in Texas is an ounce in Maryland. 12 inches in Hawaii is 12 inches in Virginia. A bushel is a bushel etc.
Our government, Congress in this particular case, holds the sole authority to mint money and establish the value thereof. This does give them the related authority to establish some system of banking. It does not give them the authority to delegate to a private institution (like the Federal Reserve for example). Congress needs to take control of this issue PDQ.
The Executive Branch of our government is required to execute the duties of that office (President). This includes enforcing the laws. The executive branch does not have the authority to selectively enforce the laws passed by Congress. The President cannot make law. His office has no legislative power other than his part of the system of checks and balances. He can veto a bill but that veto can be overturned by Congress if enough of the congressmen agree.
Government exists to protect the people from foreign enemies, from domestic criminals, and to support our laws with just courts. That doesn't require 2200 page bills that people don't read before voting on.
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