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Because Article One of the Constitution of the United States does not grant the United States Congress the power to control public intoxication under federal law, it is therefore, under the Tenth Amendment, one of the powers "reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people." Thus, public intoxication laws in the United States are entirely a product of state and local laws. As a result, laws in the United States regarding drunkenness vary widely from state to state.
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