[The mistake intellectual libertarians make is in assuming all people who chose “recreational use” are mature, and responsible, like they themselves are.]
I’m not a libertarian. Or a drug user. (Heck, I don’t even drink, except on big social occasions, when a toast is called for). But my take is that given the zeitgeist, public support for drug prohibition is crumbling underneath our feet. I am just suggesting that if history is any guide, people will learn from the mistakes of others, and learn to avoid drugs, lest they end up like the zombies they see cluttering the sidewalks. I don’t have a problem with the death penalty for drug dealers. But given that we just let out dozens of fairly significant drug offenders who were buying wholesale drugs by the pound in the name of getting bigger sliver of the black vote, without any protest from the right (the law-and-order segment of the population), it’s clear there is no support for serious prison terms, let alone the death penalty.