The problem with this brand of “libertarianism” is that it is simply a license to be a drug induced burden on society-meaning you play, we pay.
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.
Alcohol is legal, but much of the behavior it involves is less than responsible, let alone legal and moral.
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.
Personally I fail to see why we continue to call it a drug war. Its really all about access for all products and “services”.
I think your whole post boils down to one thing, this Country has lost the capacity to hold an INDIVIDUAL personally accountable. These days, its always someone or something else's fault.
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.
I'm a libertarian and disagree. This is part of the consistency of libertarianism: people should be made to live with the consequences of their bad decisions. Abuse drugs all you want, but don't come to me (through the governement) to bail you out.
do you favor banning liquor?
Freedom and liberty do include the right to take drugs, but not at my expense of freedon having to pay my hard earned and clean life benefits in taxes to pay for your epic failure of drug addict choices.
I agree with the education part but the drug war has to go. The grief it causes is vastly greater than any drug problem could cause.
well how is that working out?
Do you support CA's prerogative under the Tenth Amendment to enact such a program? Or do you think fedgov should have legitimate authority under the Commerce Clause to shut it down?
That is a false statement based on no facts at all.
First, they are separate issues, fix the entitlement programs, don't steal liberty from citizens.
But if you are upset at the burden to society from entitlements, then stop fighting to preserve the status quo!
It is your WoD that has the burden to society as you say...and even then you are wrong for there are a great deal of high performing users and even addicts in society that do not burden society at all.
Rush Limbaugh's only burden to society on his drug abuse was the time it took in silly ass court cases.
Oh, absolutely. Let's just keep on with our current policy, education and making making its use less rewarding having worked out so well over so many years. That is a an ignorant statement; Doing something that doesn't work, over and over again, hoping for a different result, is the mark of a stupid person. You can write, even if you end a sentence with a verb, so I'll give you that you are not stupid. So please rethink your position on this. Do you have another idea that just... might.... possibly.... have some chance of working? Our war on drugs has NOT helped out country in any way, however it does support a vast bureaucracy intent on taking out liberties. Is that a goal you can support?
NO, the answer lies in getting rid of the welfare state. The only reason govt steps in legitimately, is they foot the bill. There is not too much freedom, but too much govt.