I'm a semi-libertarian. For most libertarians I know who are opposed to the War on Drugs, it's not that there's a desire for drugs, it's that the War on Drugs has an impact on our society that seems worse than the impact of drug use: restrictions on civil liberties and privacy as a result of the drug war; gang fights for drug turf; etc.
Point well taken; I share that view on the so-callled war on drugs.
My original post was meant for those who clothe themselves in the libertarian blanket when all they really care about is the price and availability of drugs for their personal use. As I alluded to earlier, the rationale that drug use is always or mostly a victimless crime does not hold water when one looks at the evidence, such as in the above article. I have also witnessed things throughout my own life.
Even so, a free society based on person responsibility trumps the ‘evils’ of drugs, guns,...even jumping off bridges. I am only acknowledging that, like fire, these things are beneficial but can also be harmful to oneself and/or others.