As a libertarian I long favored legalization of ALL banned substances.  Exposed to abuse matters, I also learned that police believe 85% of property crime and most prostitution is driven by the need to pay high prices for banned substances, so legalization should lead to sharp declines in both. As a sailor, I visited places that legalization seemed to have worked in this way.  But now I am skeptical:  I am alarmed by the sudden rush to produce and distribute marijuana in Alaska.  And the assertion that "Alaskans have driven under the influence for decades."  The entire culture of using (apart from for treatment of cancer in times past when elements of marijuana were not yet available by prescription) makes no sense to me.  But if users have no more sense about public safety than they do about their own personal health, possibly the libertarian position is unreasonable after all?