Conservatives that are against the WOD are not touting drug abuse as a good thing. They simply understand the WOD is pointless and causes more problems than it solves:
-People that choose to play Russian roullette and abuse dangerous chemicals to escape reality WILL NEVER CARE about drug laws. It doesn't matter if these chemicals are legal or illegal.
-The same people don't care about stealing whatever it takes to escape reality. They will destroy someone’s $10,000 air conditioner to score a few hundred bucks worth of chemicals.
-Since the above people are so desperate, they will pay more for these chemicals than gold. You will NEVER stop people from selling something so profitable. Since there is no victim that will report the crimes, a dope dealer has a tiny chance of getting caught. A dope dealer can make more in one year than most people earn in decades. For these reasons, even nations that execute dope dealers have not stopped sales.
-Draconian drug laws are not only pointless for preventing abuse but they actually put everyone’s freedom at risk, even non users. We routinely abandon many constitutional rights and government restrictions to fight this pointless war. The government can now seize a “large” amount of cash from citizens until they prove they are innocent of drug sales. In some states, all it takes is a tiny dime-sized package to turn anyone into a felon. This cop didn’t even do time because he started talking about how common it is in the NYPD: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095772/Cowboy-cop-Jason-Arbeeny-planted-crack-couples-car-seat-escapes-jail.html
People who use illegal drugs to escape reality are cowards. I’m still waiting for someone to prove this statement wrong. You haven’t.