[DiogenesLamp]

I agree with that. I also believe that it's not a good idea to consume huge amounts of sugars and starches and fatty red meat. It's not a good idea to ride a motorcycle without a helmet, leathers, and boots. It's not a good idea to over-indulge in alcohol. It's not a good idea to watch endless hours of television. It's not a good idea to never exercise. It's not a good idea to smoke or chew tobacco.

But none of those things are any of my or your business in a free society. Otherwise, we are no better than Nanny Bloomberg and the other leftist totalitarians who want to run everyone else's lives.

False argument. Eating red meat, or getting fat does not increase the probability that you are going to injure or kill someone else. Smoking cigarettes is not going to turn you into a lazy bum who won't support your children.

The Libertarians always want to leave out the victims of drug usage because they are not always immediate and obvious, and therefore it is convenient to pretend they do not exist.

[EricT.]

False argument. Eating red meat, or getting fat does not increase the probability that you are going to injure or kill someone else. Smoking cigarettes is not going to turn you into a lazy bum who won't support your children.

We just recently had a scumbag near here kill his toddler so he could play video games.

Lazy scumbags and rotten parents will be lazy scumbags and rotten parents no matter what form of recreation is available. Your argument is the same one used by gun-grabbers: blame the inanimate object rather than the individual abusing that object.