Because we simultaneously give people the freedom to do whatever they want to do, and also catch them when they suffer the consequences of their actions. IMO, you either have freedom and responsibility, or control and care. I'd be ok legalizing drugs tomorrow if non-drug users do not need to subsidize the care for drug users.

The problem is that responsibility comes from reason, and drugs like Fentanyl are a direct attack on your faculties of reason. A lot of Enlightenment ideals fall down when faced with hyper addictive things IMO, and we just keep inventing new ones.

> and drugs like Fentanyl are a direct attack on your faculties of reason

Alcohol is a much more serious attacker of reason

good, if we want to have healthcare, then limit alcohol consumption

> then limit alcohol consumption

Prohibit it?

Yeah, nah!

Provide safe alternatives

MDMA for example

A large group of people partying on MDMA is a wonderful thing.

Close to True Bliss

I highly recommend it

If you think society has an obligation to you to give you a cradle to grave safety net (and I do), then you have to accept the reciprocal responsibility of maintaining yourself as a productive member of that society. It’s antisocial in a very specific sense of the term—reducing your capacity to take care of someone else who might need the help for reasons outside their control.

For the users' health, for the user's mental health, for society that has to tolerate these less-functioning persons, for their families, friends, relatives, employees, and so on.

How many people feel great about their heroin habit?

Are you being purposefully obtuse?