@kennethamy,
kennethamy;124637 wrote:What it shows is that being dangerous is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition of legality, since there seem to be other necessary conditions. That doesn't make the laws "insane", though.
I presume you mean:
[INDENT][INDENT]What it shows is that being dangerous is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition of illegality, since there seem to be other necessary conditions. That doesn't make the laws "insane", though.[/INDENT][/INDENT]
The explanation that is typically given for why illegal drugs are illegal is that they are harmful, addictive, and serve no useful purpose. If that were the real motivation for making them illegal, the first thing that should be made illegal would be tobacco, because it is involved in more deaths, is about as addictive as anything, and serves no useful purpose (unlike
some illegal drugs, that do have some useful purposes).
As for the laws being "insane", see definition 3 at:
Insane | Definition of Insane at Dictionary.com:
One of the requirements of a sensible course of action is consistency.
Now, if you can provide a reasonable explanation for why tobacco should be legal, and that all illegal drugs (in the U.S.) should be illegal, I would very much like to hear about it. I have never seen anything even close to a reasonable explanation for this.