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I didn't say " druge " ; you did. I said narcotics,opiates, and the like. It is ILLEGAL for anyone to sell or buy opium, laudanum, heroin, hasish, cocaine, etc. etc., etc. on the open market. I have the facts straight ; you don't.
Few products ? FEW ? You can't be serious. The Pure Food & Drug Acts were specifically going after patent medicines and adulterated food. Patent medicines contained all manner of garbage AND high quantities of alcohol and narcotics and opiates. Food stuffs had been and were being adulterated with alum, chalk, sawdust, and yes, even narcotics, opiates, and things like lead. This had been the case for hundreds of years and killing people all over the world. In a Libertarian Utopia, it would just be " too bad ", for those who were made ill or who died. It was their own fault...wasn't it ?
Responsible governments are supposed to do things , such as pass such Acts, that actually save lives and do good for ALL people. The market place can't and didn't stop people from becoming alcoholics / dope addicted, from taking patent medicines ( a much more usual occurance, than you give credit to ), nor ill. maimed, or killed from eating adulterated food. That IS historical fact ; whether you want to believe it or not.

Nope, Libertarians " feel "; Conservative GOPers, THINK !

Wow, bold HTML.

". It is ILLEGAL for anyone to sell or buy opium, laudanum, heroin, hasish, cocaine, etc. etc., etc. on the open market. I have the facts straight ; you don't. "

Bwahhhhahahah.

So, my little turnip, answer me this. If it is Illegal, how do ophthalmologists buy, use and proscribe cocaine for eye surgery? How is manufactured, as it is in the U.S. by major pharmaceuticals? Ditto opium, heroin. (Laudanum is a form of opium, so we'll leave that one on the sidelines.) So, explain how these particular drugs are illegal for anyone, yet used, bought and sold every day.

There is nothing that the government does that private enterprise cant do better and cheaper, save killing people. I don’t see anything you’ve said that makes you different from any big government, big taxes, hire my friends leftist.

" Responsible governments are supposed to do things , such as pass such Acts, that actually save lives and do good for ALL people."

Well, thank God for government issued driver's licenses. Not one person has been injured or killed in a car accident since the government stepped in to make sure that all drivers are competent. And insured.