“Then why would the legality of drugs other than alcohol lead to “junkies, acid freaks and meth heads running things”? “
Because there is no “moderate use” of heroin, LSD, or methamphetamine.
You take those to fly, not to get a tiny little bump of some kind.
Whereas moderate use of alcohol is the normal and usual use. My mom has wine with dinner every night. She is never high and is in full possession of her faculties. Were she to smoke a bowl every night I would not be able to say the same thing. Or, were she to take an acid tab or snort some meth.
Huge difference.
Because there is no “moderate use” of heroin, LSD, or methamphetamine.
What does (im)moderate use have to do with "running things"? Is the immoderation of their use what will allow junkies, acid freaks and meth heads to run things? If so, why aren't immoderate users of alcohol running things already?