Libertarians Need to Rethink Support for Drug Legalization
“In short, I find marijuana less dangerous to the human body and to society than Alcohol. I believe that both can and are used responsibly by adults. I believe that both can be abused by adults and children, though abuse of alcohol has far more dangers associated with it than abuse of Marijuana…”
Yet even the libertarian has to define adulthood for purposes of such “limited” government. “Less dangerous” (and “stoned”) still implies danger. Arbitrary, no? But then again, perhaps “objective” science and laws can provide the solution. Objectively, what are the dangers/costs of abuse the libertarian can absorb without government intervention? Isn’t the door for abuse still opened? (Real Deal makes cogent arguments here.)
And in regard to those Founding Fathers who only “poured” over government texts, quick and easy search lands quote from John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (Goatherders? Try fishermen. What demeans those professions anyway?) Deists? Quick search again: http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html. Those impulsive, irrational, unscientific men…
