Originally Posted by stray round
Originally Posted by Barak
Even if you were to identify a drug that truly had absolutely no possible positive purpose, "Should we allow..." would still be the response of tyranny.


Should we allow murder?
Should we allow rape?
Should we allow canabilism?
Should we allow incest?
Should we allow pedophilia?
Should we allow slavery?

I'm afraid that isn't tyranny but necessary decisions by a civilized society.

Anything else is anarchy and we both know how that works out.


The difference is these actions inherently violate the rights of others. Use of drugs is just destruction of self. Obviously it often ends up affecting others but at its base, is not a crime against others.