Step back into reality for a second. Who pays for these drugs? Who pays for the people that administer the drugs? I have no intentions as a taxpayer to pay for someone elses drug habit.
But you already are. Thanks to the "War on Drugs" more than 21% of the US jail population is in there for drugs, the lions share of those, for possession. Who do you think is paying for that? I know a few people (acquaintances, friends, and relatives) that do/did use drugs (usually pot). Most of them haven't contributed too much to society
I know lots of people who don't do drugs (not even tobacco or alcohol) who contributed nothing at all to society either, certainly not as much as Dr. Dre, Roger Dangerfield, Harrison Ford, Richard Branson, Andy Warhol and Hunter S. Thompson. Some of which did drugs that make cannabis look like Vitamin C. Perhaps you could explain the valid reasons for getting high for the two heavily drugged men that came to my wifes childhood neighborhood about 2 years ago and raped/tortured/killed a family of 3?
It's hard to say, without knowing them, but it isn't fair to assume that because they commited some horrible act of violence, any reasons they have for taking drugs (you don't mention whether they where high on crack or cough syrup) are invalid. Once caught, they later stated that they had no idea why they did what they did (maybe the drugs had something to do with that?)
Yeah, and maybe they where just in real trouble because they'd borrowed money from someone who doesn't take collateral, but will take something much worse than your property if you miss a payment. There could be a million reasons why they did what they did, but you automaticly assume it was because of the drugs, not say because of poverty. They can shoot ogres, and robots, but not cops... *shrugs* (nor pick up hookers)
Hows that different? A Jack Thompsonesque 'murder simulator' is a murder simulator, whether you're shooting cops, junkies or robots.