When I used the word "drugs" I was unclear in differentiating between illegal substances and medications. That is my error and if you or anyone else was confused about that, then the fault lies with me.
However, I would have thought someone of your capabilities would have realized what I was speaking of instead of poking at the argument with your semantic stick.
Yes, millions and millions of Americans use "drugs" in the form of prescribed medications every single day. Others use tobacco and alcohol--some to excess. However, millions and millions of Americans go through each day without using an illegal substance or tobacco or alcohol.
Each day? So you want to play the same statistical games as Paulsen while you accuse me of semantics?
How many have used them? Subtract the number who never have and you have the real answer about deviancy. Which is how all this nonsense started.
The truth is that almost every society in history has used mood altering substances. It's not deviant, and you know it.
The problem is that you prefer some drugs to others, and think that the government ought to use violence if necessary to keep people from using the ones you don't approve of.