[rbmillerjr]

Society has deemed alcohol and cigarettes legal.

[Clemenza]

"Society" is a bad way to shape one's values. Society in Hungary, for example, once made it "socially acceptable" to kill gypsies. I was told by older relatives as a youth that interracial dating wasn't "socially acceptable" and should be avoided.

I favor the maximization of liberty to the extent that it does not infringe on the liberty or privacy of others. As an example, if someone wants to accept money for sex within the confines of their own home, that should be legal (and happens all the time). When they ply their trade in public, attracting deviants and traffic to residential areas, then the law should step in.

[daniel885]

Society has deemed alcohol and cigarettes legal.

So conservatives now believe that the majority can just tell the rest of the folks how to live their lives? It just "deems" it so, huh? Then you must see no constitutional problem with health care because society has deemed that you should buy health insurance whether you want it or not? THIS IS CONSERVATISM???

[ChrisInAR]

“Society” is in the process of doing the same thing for marijuana (for a 2nd time, in fact).

It was the Progressive Movement back in the early 20th Century that we can thank for the Prohibitionist mindset of making such things illegal.