But wait- drugs are a harmless, victimless non-crime that should be unrestricted; some FReepers have said so!
It wasn't the drugs that committed those murders - it was criminals who had the means and motive to kill due to laws against drugs. Just like killings related to the alcohol trade during Prohibition ... which don't happen today because that addictive drug is legal.
That is true. But if you legalize the crap then you create a whole new dependent class who have sniffed, shot and smoked their way to befuddled unemployability. At that point addiction (which is a behavior) will be declared a disease and the junkies will get a free ride for life on our dime. I object. I'd just as soon have them kill each other, and execute the dealers.