On to the rest of your rant.
Libertarian types do know better. Appearantly better than you at least. The WOPot disposes of billions of tax dollars a year. Incarcerates nearly 3/4 of a million people a year. And has trampled the constitution every minute of every day since it started. Which is worse? Your idiot friend driving into a tele-pole because he got high then drove around or the millions of people adversely effected by the WOPot every day?
I suppose that you think the constant rights violations (which our forefathers fought to establish in the first place), wasted funds (that you and I pay), and wasted lives are a fair price to pay for the irradication of a plant that is at worst "every bit as bad as alcohol". I also suppose that you believe also that the needs of the many outweigh the rights of the few, that gubment must protect us from ourselves and that the only true authority is the gubment and its duty is to protect us from ourselves.
EBUCK
FYI: On a serious note: I hope you don't ever lose a friend, because they make a bad/irresponsible decision. I sincerely hope that you never lose someone you love to a DUI, or DWI!
It's ashame that you can't make an argument without speaking ill of the dead. It reflects poorly on your parents, and your general upbringing!