I would say the cutoff point could possibly be determined by the weight of the particular substance's lethal dose.Any thing that can cause death at under a certain level,such as one gram,would be cutoff.By that rule we could not sell many household cleaners, bug sprays, weed killers, etc. And any drug could be made to pass this test by being sufficiently diluted.
My ethics would steer me towards preventing harms.I have no authority,but I do have a desire to use common sense and reasonable prudence around deadly poisons.
How can you enforce YOUR "common sense and reasonable prudence" on others with no authority?
"Natural law".Once again,who defines this?
Already defined; see immediately below.
"As a reasoning free-willed being, an adult human is capable of formulating and pursuing his own ends, so nobody else has the right to dictate his ends to him."
Only problem with this is many adults do not reason well.Their reasoning processes end up leading them to infringe upon the rights of others.
Neither making, distributing, selling, buying, nor using drugs infringes upon the rights of others.
"By that rule we could not sell many household cleaners, bug sprays, weed killers, etc. And any drug could be made to pass this test by being sufficiently diluted."
You're degenerating here.The poisons you mentioned are not intended for people to shoot them up in their arms.And as I've said before,people want the strongest stuff they can get their hands on.Dilute it and they will just refine it again.
"How can you enforce YOUR "common sense and reasonable prudence" on others with no authority? "
I'm not.I'm just expessing my opinions and trying to involve common sense in them.Give it a try sometime.Things are not always black and white.The WOD is an attempt at protecting the citizens from harm at it's foundation,it has obviously had some negative implications,but it developed as a response to serious problems.We need to get rid of the WOD,and not institute total chaos at the same time.
"Neither making, distributing, selling, buying, nor using drugs infringes upon the rights of others."
Your appocalyptic vision here scares me.Sure in theory this is true,but in reality,many people's quality of life would degrade as a result of knowing or being related to or involved with the aftermath.I just can't buy into your dream here,sorry.