Seriously, I support public intoxication laws, so, no, I don't think it is better for a child to look up to an alcoholic than a speeder.
In post #309 you wrote. "Children look up to all adults, especially law abiding ones, as opposed to those breaking the law."
There is such a thing as law-abiding alcoholics and because they are law-abiding adults your assertion stands that a child is more likely to look up to the law-abider than the person that exceeds the speed limit.
BTW, you still haven't shown how you've been harmed by seeing a person on drugs and the best you've come up with is that you'd be offended. To which you further said, and I paraphrase, "it sets a bad example for children and as you know it takes a village to raise a child so the government must outlaw the bad example."
There is no reason the child should ever see the person drunk.
it sets a bad example for children and as you know it takes a village to raise a child so the government must outlaw the bad example."
No, but how much easier would it be to tell Billy he can't do something and neither can his friends, as opposed to Billy being the only person that can't do it. This is a major reason to live together with people who share similar standards.
And the threat by the user is enough to merit a law anyways. A hard recreational drug simply cannot be used responsibly. It not only takes away the users ability to make resposible decisions while high, but it also takes away the users ability to control the amount he or she takes. They become addicted, and do nothing but destroy everything around them. They hurt their loved ones, their neighbors, and especially kids, if they have any.