How about, as humans we all have a choice, the choice to smoke, snort, pop a pill, drink alcohol or stick a needle in our arm.
Now if you can find the person that held Bowman down and stuck a needle in his arm against his will you may have a case.
Yes, it started that way for him — after he became addicted there was little “choice” involved.
Which is part of the reason we have laws against the use of certain drugs (especially highly addictive drugs, and especially for recreational purposes) and against the people who, for profit, persuade others to engage in illegal acts of use.
If the drugs that killed him (as undoubtedly we will discover) were illegal, or he was using prescription drugs illegally acquired, then under the laws of the society we belong to (yes even you) someone besides him is likely culpable. And rightfully should be dealt with under the law.
Looks like the liberal-tarian experiment in the Netherlands may soon be coming to an end...
“Local politicians across the Netherlands have concluded that by legalizing prostitution in 2000, they opened up their cities to international crime organizations trafficking in women, children and hard drugs. The authorities want to wipe out the crime and are also weary of boozy weekend trippers ogling prostitutes and buying illegal drugs on the streets....”
[caption] “PARTY OVER? Amsterdam’s coffeehouses, where marijuana is sold with official sanction, have been a target of recent curbs. “I’ve been in this business 15 years, and we have never felt so much pressure,” one coffeehouse manager says.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-dutch4jan04,1,1872179.story