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Mature? try reading the entire Libertarian party platform, it swings from lunacy to anarchy.But what get me is the dishonest positions of Libertarians who know full well of the outlandish positions of dangerous nutjobs like Browne, and simply run away from them, the same way you have tried and failed to rationalize the bizarre tripe in the Libertarian platform. also let me add;

O'REILLY: All right, would you have prescriptions for those drugs, or just anybody could walk up?

BROWNE: No, anybody could walk in. A 10-year-old child could buy drugs before the first World War in America. But they didn't, because nobody was plying them with it and it wasn't forbidden fruit.

The ten year-old was an example of what he meant by "anybody could walk in" and buy heroin; he used the historical context to try to make it seem reasonable. It served as an example of what would be allowed if drugs were legalized as he would advocate. He didn't think kids would be buying lots of heroin (whether that's correct is another issue), but he was for allowing it. I didn't misrepresent Browne's statements one iota.

I'm sure you realize what Browne was trying to communicate - how the national drug problem would be microcosmic compared to it's current state had we never indulged in the moral crusade against drug use to begin with. Now much of our government's efforts (through OUR tax dollars) revolve around this never-ending war against Oceana. Why punish the users when they're already doing an excellent job of punishing themselves? Let them take themselves out of the picture on their own dime and time rather than continuing to grow the already mammoth judicial and incarceration industries.

When addicts infringe on the rights of others through crime, THEN prosecute them for their crimes. This would greatly restore respect for the judiciary process while freeing up resources and prison space.

Don't sweat it...Americans have been immersed in the War On Drugs for so long that any attempt to stop it would seem blasphemous. Hence no threat to the prison lobby nor any opium lollipops leading youth to ruin.