Portal Star wrote:well, we make laws on the basis of protecting others - I do not think the government has a responsibility to protect people from themselves.
Child pornography hurts the child, counterfeiting hurts the economy, as does video pirating. Drug use in your own home hurts... You. Therein lies the diference.
That depends on whether you live at home alone or not. Gets complicated. What if someone comes over to your house and you are on drugs that make you paranoid and end up killing them because you think they were breaking into your house and they were only trying to get their CD's that you borrowed from them a week ago.
I get that you think that taking drugs in your own home should be allowed but there are some black areas in that.
Here is what should occur. Drugs should be legalized. Everything. Why? So that when they sell it they can tax it. That would get it off the streets and into people's hands that can sell it to people that are legal age to take it. What is the legal age to take drugs? I would say that would depend on the drug. I would never take any drug. I function quite fine without them. But if someone else wants to screw with their life (and their life alone) then so be it. That is one less irritating person I will have to deal with if they OD. Harsh but true.
Not part of the topic but they should legalize all prostitution for people of the correct age. Tax that too. Why waste police time with this petty crap. There are more important things to go after then drug dealers and hookers. Let get the STD from the needle or hitin' the hay. Let them make those mistakes. Let them suffer for what they "want" to do. Why should I have to waite 20 minutes more minutes for a police officer when I have a robbery going on when he is dealing with some druged up slut giving pleasure in a back alley?
Designate areas for "Drug Use" "Slut Use" and so forth.