As a libertarian, I STRONGLY identify with that view.
But I confess I have moments of doubt and weakness when I think about, say, Heroin. Marijuana is a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. But when it comes to heroin and the like, I find I have a strong temptation to be inconsistent.
Out of curiosity, do you ever find yourself feeling the same sense of struggle?
I'd be interested in hearing from other libertarians that do.
Same here. In my opinion allowing cheap access to herion would be the garanteed death of many addicts, if not in body certainly in mind. We would also have the problem of them loafing about on the streets begging or breaking into homes to get the money for their drug, no matter how cheap. The only way I could see it happening (not that it ever will), would be to corral them into centers and segregate them from society. Give them mindless tasks to accomplish and instant access to treatment if they desire. Hardly a libertarian solution unless you could convince private organizations to take care of them, but the alternative of letting them run loose is worse...besides the fact they would get pushed into "open air" centers of the worst neighborhoods by the populace anyways. That happens in my city now. Any heroin addict or worse dealer that tries to move onto this side of town gets beat out of the neighborhood...literally. The crack dealers have no patience or mercy for them...personally I like it that way. They a better job than the police ever could.
I think all drugs should be legal. Marijuana, heroin, crack, crystal meth...you name it. Would you become a junkie if hard drugs were legal? People who become slaves to hard narcotics need medical treatment, not a prison cell. If we took the money we were spending on law enforcement and dedicated it to drug prevention/education programs and treatment centers, I bet the rates of use would decrease dramatically.