Jim Henderson wrote:

> The people who are for the prohibition of drugs use the same logic that 
> brought about alcohol prohibition in the 30's.  It's not about the costs 
> to cover treatment and such - it's about it being "bad" for people to do 
> that.  It's about one group of people asserting their sense of moral 
> superiority.

This entire subthread baffles me. (And for once, I don't just mean "how 
the **** did we end up *here*?")

Of course, you're entirely right. Why would a team of medical experts 
who've studied the addictive effects of drugs and the damage they do to 
the human body know more about it than some random guy on the street? 
Everyone agrees - wait, let me change that - almost everyone agrees we 
shouldn't let people commit suicide. It is therefore completely logical 
that we should allow people to slowly poison themselves to death, while 
at the same time causing untold misery around them.

Hold on - no, actually that entire paragraph makes *no* sense at all! :-P

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