There are, indeed, differences. But ANYONE who calls for laws to repress the private, non-coercive behaviors of others is a statist in my book. There is no place in a free society for such bullbleep. If you don’t like drugs, do as I do and LEAVE THEM ALONE. I promise you, no one will come along and force you to smoke a joint or snort some coke or anything of the kind... unless you’re a young male child and your government propaganda center has determined that you need to be doped up for the convenience of the teacher and administrators. It is just as wrong to forcibly drug someone as it is to forcibly PREVENT someone from taking a recreational substance IN THEIR OWN HOME (public behaviors are a whole ‘nother topic) as it is to prevent someone from buying a firearm to protect themselves as it is to REQUIRE them to own a weapon they do not want... It’s all part and parcel of the SAME thing... something called INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, something the Founders went to great lengths to ensure we would have unless we keep on the road we’re on and piss it all away.
I am afraid experience teaches us that it doesn’t stay “in the home.”
Also, “in the home” are dependent children, and more rarely dependent elderly and handicapped, who aren’t ok with the adults having their private drug abuse “in the home.”
The differences between Conservatives and Libertarians on the social agenda (gay agenda, abortion, drugs, prostitution, pornography, public nudity/sex, etc.) are pretty clearly staked out and have been for decades. I didn’t just invent them.
You hold the Libertarian position. Own it. Don’t blame Conservatives for not being Libertarians. We aren’t pretending to be Libertarians.