[SJC_Libertarian]

In the first instance, I was (obviously) referring to the generic "we", meaning Americans, as reflected in our current public policy regarding drugs and "education" about them. To rephrase, American authorities are unsuccessfully pursuing a (poorly named) "War on Drugs" while simultaneously mandating largely unsuccessful tax-funded indoctrination programs designed to "educate" our children about the evil of drug use. In that sense only, one may say that the dichotomy previously discussed is not an either/or question.

In the second instance, in direct response to your assertion concerning Libertarians, and having identified myself as a libertarian, I was (obviously) referring to libertarians as a group, and asserting that libertarians, rather than loudly opposing "drug education programs" per se, oppose tax-funded programs in general. I hope that clears things up a bit.

How much have they spent on programs educating kids against drugs?

It's hard to believe that a supposed conservative would resort to this standard liberal canard: "Oh yeah? So what have you done for the children?"

Given the hostility you seem to harbor for the ideas that I have expressed to date, I doubt that you would be interested in a discussion of the immorality of taxation as a mechanism to promote social betterment. Am I mistaken in this?

[Roscoe]

To rephrase, American authorities

It's not hard to believe that a self-described libertarian would resort to that disingenuous anti-American canard.

America has representative systems of government. Through our representatives we have established laws against illicit drugs at the federal level and in all fifty states. We have also, again through our elected representatives, established educational programs to dissuade individuals from using drugs and to support their efforts to break their addictions.

Libertarians oppose ALL of the efforts just described.