Interstate, vs. intrastate, commerce.
Historically (IANAL, etc.), if it didn't cross a state line, then it was not Congress' business.
Historically (IANAL, etc.), if it didn't cross a state line, then it was not Congress' business.
On the other hand, it was also used to justify why the federal government can prevent states from legalizing marijuana, even if it won't leave the state. It's certainly a ruling with a complicated moral legacy, in that it has some clearly good use cases, a few bad ones, while also brazenly defying the clear meaning of the constitution because doing so was convenient to the state.
Not sure how I feel about it, but I guess it was inevitable anyway.
That’d effectively be a blanket ban anyway, so sure.