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Some points about the Libertarian philosophy......

The best debates I have ever seen are the ones where there is a Republican, a Democrat and a Libertarian. The Libertarian brings questions and issues to the debate that would otherwise be over-looked by the current establishment. The debates between GW and Al Bore were pathetic. Our current government suffers from this same affliction. The ideas that the Libertarian candidates bring to the table could be very invigorating to our government. We need to elect a few of them in order to keep the Republicrats from running over us. To you doom and gloomists, it would not hurt, and would only help the basic "Freeper" cause.

What about the drug question? Drugs were basically legal in this country until around 1930. In this country the Libertarian philosophy of drugs prevailed until then. Now our government is fighting a drug war it cannot win. The losers in this war are all of us. It causes massive expenditures of our tax dollars, but even more disastrous is it's effect on our rights and liberties. Just look at the new laws that have come about because of this so called "War":
* Taking of personal property before there is a trial
* Violations of 4th Amendment warrants
* CRI's or Confidential Reliable Informants that are used against defendants who do not have the right to "confront thier accusers".
* The passage of over 20,000 state and federal gun laws througout the country.(mostly spawned by drug related problems)
* Over 60% of prisoners are in for drug related no crime "crimes" (what does that cost?)

Is it worth it? I do not advocate drug use, but I think the time has long passed for us to stop this insanity.
I think we could spend a lot less money on education and get better results! Some people will always do drugs, be prostitutes, watch porn and etc. I say let them. As long as they don't harm anyone but themselves. Whenever governments try to dictate morality, they usually end up violating rights. I would rather be free than deal with the latter.