[sixQuarks]

No, the crux of the problem is your line of thinking. The government cannot and should not replace personal responsibility.

Your argument would mean that no one could drive a car or drink alcohol. Why are drugs different?

[jamespo]

drugs aren't different to alcohol, but I'm sure you can appreciate they are different to cars

[Lawtonfogle]

Temporarily and in places without great public transport. Once automated cars become common place, the argument will hold for choosing to manually drive.

That being said, I've seen a lot of people who think it will eventually become illegal to manually drive, at least on crowded public roads within large cities.