First, legality does not presuppose morality. America is the result of breaking laws based on personal preference, and taking up arms against the current govern

First, legality does not presuppose morality. America is the result of breaking laws based on personal preference, and taking up arms against the current government to get it done. Second, other life destroying poisons include: alcohol, nicotine, sugar, fast food, dopamine hits from social media feedback/gambling/gaming... are you ready for the government to decide your intake for those? The only thing prohibition does is fund organized crime, and increase the costs of policing by pretending that the "war on drugs" can be won. Taking drugs are part of human culture. It may as well be a war on human behavior. When you subtract the dangers of dealing with cartels and policing, drug use is another form of escapism. As with any form of escapism, it can reach the point of abuse. We should absolutely have a social safety net for addicts of every sort, and it would be much cheaper than the costs of imprisonment and the war on drugs. Added bonus: actual liberty, instead of slogans on a bumper sticker. I say this coming from a long line of addicts/alcoholics, including myself. If our drug of choice had been available from the local pharmacist: - the drugs would have been cheaper and free of more dangerous cutting agents - gangs/cartels would not make a dime - we would've spent less time finding them - some of us would have gone to rehab instead of prison In a nutshell, even though we are poor, we would have had the same opportunities to get our act together as wealthy addicts. And no, this isn't a crazy idea. This is how things worked before prohibition. https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/kicking-habit-opioid-crisis-americas-addiction-prohibition#introduction https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/kicking-ha...