We, as a government "of the people", have a right to impose a level of control in our society. It is done through the democratic process.
I know the druggies don't like that, but that's just tough.
We who support a free republic "don't like that" bold 'democratic' bit much either..
The majority does not rule in a constitutional republic.
Indirectly, the majority does rule. New York City does not pass all the laws.
It's a representative republic. The representatives "represent" a certain view of the people, who "hopefully" voted for a person who best respresents their views.
Don't know what you are inferring but I didn't "bold" the word democratic.