I used to be rather libertarian, when it came to drugs. But if this is indeed what happens, then there is no way that it can work out.
Actual libertarians are rather tough on property crime, which would circumvent most of this. If people were locked up, ejected from society, or even killed for behaving in this manner, you'd have nothing left but the recreational users who can regulate their behavior, or perhaps, on a long enough timeline, legal drugs that no one wants anyways, because they're familiar enough with the end result to avoid them.
There's a difference between expanding liberty on offense against the rising tide of authoritarianism and declaring one's intent to abdicate the duty to preserve human civilization.
. If people were locked up, ejected from society, or even killed for behaving in this manner, you'd have nothing left but the recreational users who can regulate their behavior, or perhaps, on a long enough timeline, legal drugs that no one wants anyways, because they're familiar enough with the end result to avoid them.
Actual libertarians are rather tough on property crime, which would circumvent most of this. If people were locked up, ejected from society, or even killed for behaving in this manner, you'd have nothing left but the recreational users who can regulate their behavior, or perhaps, on a long enough timeline, legal drugs that no one wants anyways, because they're familiar enough with the end result to avoid them.
There's a difference between expanding liberty on offense against the rising tide of authoritarianism and declaring one's intent to abdicate the duty to preserve human civilization.
Is it really true that real libertarians are tough on property crime? Has this happened in practice?
Is it possible with the existence of a state that punishes people who defend their property with force?
"sometimes people go missing"
They'll find out anyway.
I agree. See my comment.