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>If drugs are legal, and people are antisocial homeless people who support their addiction with crime

They wouldn't need to do that if it was sold at free market prices. Even better, i they were anti-social to the point of causing trouble we could lock them up for a couple weeks now that we didn't need so many prisons to hold non-violent drug offenders.

>I am all for legalization of drugs, but without also massive investments in housing, mental health, and addiction recovery, it won't accomplish the goals. We also need a functioning police and judicial system.

You would probably argue that you'd need those things when drugs are illegal, too, so I'm not sure what your disagreement is.

> not enabling addicts to happily get high in tents at the expense of society at large.

A truly free society should allow people to throw their lives away, practice harmful habits, etc.

Otherwise, is your life yours or the state's?

That’s an interesting question. If you didn’t have parents, spouses, children, etc who would be crushed by your own destruction I’d agree. But being part of a family, and even part of a friend structure, neighborhood, society necessitates not being completely selfish. So your life never really is 100% your own in my opinion.