What percentage of people who smoke pot and crack had tried alcohol previously? Wouldn't that also make alcohol like the initial gateway drug? There are a lot of issues with long term alcohol abuse as well.
I dont see where it is the job of govt to protect people from themselves. Personal responsibility is the key. People abuse big macs to the point that they are obese and die from neglect of their bodies; that is a problem with them and not with the hamburgers though.
It's your body. It's your mind. Take care of it.
This is separate from the way that addicts affect the rest of society. There are laws for stealing and DUI and murders that punish appropriately for the crime. Those punishments are unaffected by whether someone is high or drunk. It is perfectly legal to drug test for employment where being impaired may affect one's judgement or coordination. If you want to do drugs then you can't have those jobs. There already are consequences for decisions to do drugs and moral objections to them. I don't see where it is the job of govt to play parent to people and forbid them...
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