Good points. Even legalization has problems. In the oh-so tolerant Netherlands, the government website has announced a ban on the drug “khat” because it causes health and social problems. But wan’t that why we banned drugs in the first place?
The libertarians say that marijuana doesn’t hurt anybody. But the oh-so-tolerant Dutch government now proposes banning marijuana with at least 15 percent THC content. Hey, what a dictatorship! Why not let the people decide?
There will ALWAYS will be boundaries that most people won’t cross. A libertarian can say cheerfully, hey, let’s legalize prostitution, who gets hurt? But then organized crime comes in with sex slaves. Back come the police again.
“There will ALWAYS will be boundaries that most people won’t cross.”
..but when a hit of heroin is about the same cost as a 12-pack of beer, and much much easier to obtain for an underage kid, you are encouraging people to cross some boundaries that they may not otherwise cross.