[quote]That's fine, you don't want people doing drugs because you don't want a junkie holding you up for their next dime bag. I won't sit here and pretend like the right to do drugs is some divine natural right, but I do think that people should be able to take any action, as long as it doesn't hurt other people. 

Shrooms don't make me want to go harm people, the risk that I'll become a mushroom crazed junkie is there, I'm sure, but then-- with most things there's a risk that maybe one day I just snap and decide to fuck with people. Does consuming psilcybin increase that risk? Probably. But it doesn't make the action taken against the welfare of others certain.  

I would rather exist free with an increased risk for personal harm than willingly trade away some of my freedoms for a security that isn't even promised. [/quote]

Agreed on all points. The only trouble is that our current reality doesn't allow personal risk to be personal. That's a whole other (much more imporant) can of worms. Drug enforcement is a band-aid that protects me from some morons, and not others, while leftists dick around with the notion of social responsibility. Once we can hold a person accountable for *themselves* and *only* themselves, we don't need the band-aid anymore, and we get rid of it, because unnecessary authority is [i]super[/i] bad for everyone.

There's smart people using 'ILLEEEEEGUL' drugs responsibly -- the way I see it, if you can do drugs and not get caught, you're probably one of the ones I don't need to be worrying about. So go for it. Some doors get closed on you, employment-wise -- which isn't fair, but it's part of the math you should be doing before you smoke. But if that's what you wanna do, and you aren't affecting anyone (totally doable), more power to ya. I mean it. Lick that toad, eat that flower, live your life however you damn well please. [i]It's yours.[/i] We really need to get back to a place where that means something to the government.

edit: It's not just about getting held up though. That junkie is gonna wanna clean up someday and he doesn't have the money to go to rehab. But he needs the help, you know? So *obviously* the government should be helping him, right, to become a productive citizen again! What could be more justified? Then they'll take money out of my pocket and subsidize my mugger's medical bills.