RE: Daniel Greenfield is absolutely correct. Legalizing an evil does not make it less evil.
I think the argument is not whether or not shooting heroine is evil — the argument is how BEST to minimize its use. Both conservatives and libertarians agree that using heroine is bad, the issue is POLICY — How best to minimize it with the least cost to society.
Libertarians claim that legalizing it ( which does not mean approving of it ) is the best way to achieve that. Conservatives claim that it will create more harm than good.
And so the debate goes...
>> Libertarians claim that legalizing it ( which does not mean approving of it )
I believe the intent is “decriminalization”.