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That's rich. I'm a do-gooder that's totally responsible for the actions of others like Al Capone and Bin Laden. Your argument sounds like a liberal blaming someone else besides the criminal for their destructive acts. Typical Libertarian logic. But Libertarians, I now realize, are on a lifelong rebellion against Mommy and Daddy. Why? Because Libertarians don't want anybody that reminds them of Mommy and Daddy to tell then what to do and because Libertarians are BIG people now! Ritalin for everyone!

OK, so weed has some therapeutic value. Either make it a Schedule III drug for the drug companies to make or let RJ Reynolds and other tobacco companies recoup their losses from the dumb ass tobacco litigation and sell weed commercially. I'm guessing that your opposition to the WOD is limited to your personal (dare I say selfish) desire to enjoy weed. And I know that you wouldn't do anything dumb while stoned!

But would you also deny your brother heroin junkie or sister tweaker their desire to enjoy their "harmless" drug of choice. Of course, you'll always forgive them if they do something personally destructive to you or otherwise lets you down. Or will you become just another do-gooder when you get personally affected or hurt by someone that thinks they aren't hurting anyone else?

I've never used illegal narcotics, nor do I have a desire to do so.

I believe in personal responsibility. You're an adult and you don't need me, or the government I pay for, acting as your mommy; telling you what you may or may not do to yourself. If you want to do drugs, that's fine with me. Use your own money to pay for your them and your own resources to fix whatever problems arise. If you cause harm to others when you're high, expect to spend some time in jail; just as is already the case with alcohol.

My interest in this is that you aren't forced to go to criminals to get your poison of choice. That harms me and that harm stems from the government's desire to be your mommy. And yes, if you're a do-gooder who wants to use government to be everyone's mommy, then you're part what's causing me harm.

a do-gooder that's totally responsible for the actions of others like Al Capone and Bin Laden.

"Totally"? Far from it ... nobody said that. But anti-drug laws inflate the profitability of drugs and channel those profits into criminal hands. It may have felt good to say Al Capone was a nasty guy ... but it did more good to end Prohibition.

But Libertarians, I now realize, are on a lifelong rebellion against Mommy and Daddy. Why? Because Libertarians don't want anybody that reminds them of Mommy and Daddy to tell then what to do and because Libertarians are BIG people now! Ritalin for everyone!

BTW Che, this statement of yours is an ad hominem attack - you are attacking people that believe in liberty personally, you are not addressing their positions. Seems you fancy yourself to be a mind reader because you claim to be able to tell what a large group of people "actually" think.