But if a loved one got caught up in meth or heroin or some other addictive, destructive drug; would you not wish that the use of that drug had been discouraged as strongly as possible and as such perhaps he or she would not have known someone who would introduce them to it under the less lax enforcement
The way you slow the spread of an epidemic is to target points of transmission rather than those already infected
I think the best way to discourage drug use is to interact with people on drugs.
That is why I rarely drink, and rarer still to any excess...I don't like the way people (myself or others) behave when intoxicated, and I don't want to be one of those people.
People should have access to the real dangers involved with drug use, and know what the actual effects are before consuming them. When you have seen a few people throw their lives away for the love of cocaine you start to get the impression that the stuff is only fun for a while. That's all the info I need, legal or not.
As to prescriptions, as Fozoe asked earlier?
I don't think the government should be involved with what chemicals go into my body. If I want to put something strong, like adderol or oxycontin, into my body I should be allowed to go to a reputable chemist and buy the compounds I desire.
Now, I think it should be well within the pharmacist's right to refuse to sell a compound to a potential client without proper medical advice, and a perscription seems like a good way to allow for that.