Quote:Zero the same can be said for potatoe chips. For the same reason I don't think the government has business in dictating what adults partake in their own home.


Again I'm for decriminalization, prosecute the crime regardless of influence but to say we have to outlaw blank or everyone will do it is a false premise proven through prohibition.

 

That's an easy thing to say, but when it affects me, that's when I want the government to do something.   Because as the old saying goes, your freedom should end at the point of my nose.   Freedom is great, but when your freedom infringes on my rights, that's where I leave libertarianism behind. 

 

So that always has to be the fundamental question.  Is the additional freedom you desire going to result in an infringement on my rights.   Is legal pot smoking going to result in more traffic accidents, for example.   Is legal methamphetamine going to result in more robberies and burglaries.  Will legal drug use result in more people going to the hospital, which will indirectly affect me by skewing the supply/demand equation for health care and raise the cost of health care and health insurance.  

 

It's easy to say, we ought to let people do what they want in their own homes, but what if it winds up affecting me?  

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