The problem with your argument is the implicit assumption that everyone who consumes alcohol or imbibes another substance must be causing harm to society, an assumption that is NOT true.
We curentlyhave enough of a burden due to such “legal” behaviors-thousands of alcohol related fatalities on the roads each year, more boating and other machinery realted “operating under the influence” casualities. Thusands of drug related deaths due to overdose and crime.
Then punish people for the crimes they have committed.
Legalizing (and taxing) these drugs (including alcohol) is not the answer. The answer lies in education and making its use so much less rewarding than it currently is.
Any government that can tell you what you can and can't consume can also make decisions for you with regard to your health care.
“The problem with your argument is the implicit assumption that everyone who consumes alcohol or imbibes another substance must be causing harm to society, an assumption that is NOT true.”
Got any number to prove your comment? If not all, how many then, are indeed causing harm?
I certainly understand your perspective and I agree on the point that many behaviors are potentially injurious to others, but drving a car is not the same as driving one under the influence of any state altering substance.
I heard of a story where a boy was killed by his neighbor’s push lawn mower-he ran over a baseball and the mower threw it across the yard and hit the boy-Certainly that is not the same as if the man ran the boy over becasue he was seeing horrible insects crawling on his skin due to the heroin coursing through his veins, no?
Let’s not give into the “revenue generation” and “my personal freedom” story lines concerning legitimatizing dangerous substances, that is so beneath thinking, caring people.
Happy Resurection Day, in any case!