What point do you think is being made by the posting of this picture?
The point I am trying to make, it makes very well. Libertarians are child like crybabies who think they can do whatever they like and scream about it like little spoiled brats, when they don't get their way.
Whatever the INTENTIONS, I have to respect the fact that through the early 1900s nothing was banned at the pharmacy. Yet what were the moralists of the day screaming about, if they had to blame some inanimate substance? Alcohol.
Nothing was banned at the pharmacy because at this point in history people were just learning about the connections between powerful narcotics and addiction. They had little to no experience with such things prior to the civil war. (Which is why I get so disgusted when "Wrecking Freedom" keeps saying there were no laws for the first 150 years of this country's existence. It's because such a statement DELIBERATELY misstates the true situation.)
It was the heavy usage of opiates and cocainoids in the aftermath of the civil war which "primed the pump" of widespread drug addiction in this country. Prior to that, the vast majority had never heard of the stuff, and little was available anyway.
But let's explore your point for a moment. (That nothing was banned at the pharmacy.)
In 1886, John Pemberton (a Pharmacist)developed Coca-Cola. He got addicted to Morphine as a result of his injuries in the Civil war, and wanted to find a substitute for the dangerous opiate. Each glass contained about nine milligrams of cocaine.
Now answer me this honestly. Do you honestly think there would be no problems caused by pharmacies selling nine milligram glasses of Coca-Cola to the public?