Maybe, jut maybe, we could look at behavior that does or does not transgress the personal or property rights of another. But that’s just crazy talk.
>>>Maybe, jut maybe, we could look at behavior that does or does not transgress the personal or property rights of another. But that’s just crazy talk.<<<
A couple of other examples of “does not tragress the personal property rights of another”.
a) Every morning, at the exact time kids are arriving for school and crossing I drive my car at 95 MPH, through the 20 MPH school zone, in front of your child’s elementary school, with a BAL of .24 while taking hits off my crack pipe, ignoring the red light and the crossing guard telling me to stop. I do this 10 days in a row, and despite some very close calls, never hit anybody.
b) I decide I want to try out my new high powered rifle, with some target practice. On a busy, summer afternoon, I go to the local park, and set up my targets, with the crowded picnic area 10 yards down range from them. I proceed to start firing live ammunition. Since it has always been my dream to be a circus performer, I then put on a blind fold and continue firing at the targets.
According to your, extreme, Libertarian philosophy, in each of those situations, until such time as I actually harm someone or their property, I am doing nothing wrong and my actions should be perfectly legal, right?
Illegal drug use causes the users to become an undue threat to the lives, health and property of other individuals. Just because every single drug abuser doesn’t harm another person (although even that is debatable), it does not mean their reckless behavior should be legal.