I don't let children eat ant poison even though it's a person's right to eat what they want.
I would regulate drugs the way we would regulate alcohol - under 21 not allowed, obviously. I am talking about consenting adults.
Folk whom society has destroyed by competition and have nothing to live for but a fleeting escape from pain can't be allowed because of that circumstance just to throw their lives away.
So you believe govt should control their life because they know best? You are not going to allow someone to do with their body as they will? Do you listen to yourself?
There is logic to making some drugs illegal, in my opinion, because they will directly kill you.
So will cars. So will jumping off bridges. Are you going to ban cars and bridges also? (This would not surprise me, honestly...)
If someone wants to kill themselves, whether slowly or quick, they will find a way to do so.
There is also a gray line between exploring the mind via drugs, and escape from emotional pain. It's a massively complex issue, in my opinion, and not one that can be solved by a yes or no legal switch. Like the needs of the poor, the reasons folk turn to drugs is the think we should focus on curing. We have made a total mess of the drug issue by relying of the consequence of prison to deter bad behavior, just as we would make a bigger mess of welfare if we let people sink or swim. We don't want to careen back and forth between these simplistic on off polarities.
Why do people drink? Why do people smoke? Why do people gamble?
For a myriad of reasons. All of these are destructive to the body, and to lives in many cases. I find such people to be weak and undisciplined, which likely contributed to their situation anyway. But nevertheless, I digress.
The point is, we are all 100% responsible for our own lives and decisions. No one else is, and no one else should be.
And it is not just a class issue. There are plenty of people who are well off who take drugs recreationally, drink too much, or gamble their lives away. Take those things away, and they will probably find another way. It is not simply a matter of where you sit in the classes. It is a matter of personal choice.
It is not up to the government to prevent you from destroying your own life in whatever manner you choose. As long as they are not physically harming another person or another persons property, then they should be left in peace if that is what they choose to do.
I am not inferring that help should not be available for such people, or that we should openly condone such actions as acceptable. There are other choices, obviously. But it is up to the individual. Not you, not me, and not the government.
With individual liberty comes personal responsibility, and the consequences and rewards that come with it.