[phkahler]

>> You don't own your body enough to do whatever you want with it. Everything you do comes down to you controlling and manipulating your own body, and every law that exists is a means of restricting your ability to do just that.

Most laws come into play when it involves OTHER people, not just yourself. Laws are to protect people from each other, not themselves.

[Retra]

Laws also protect public resources which you would use if you hurt yourself. For example, emergency rooms. If you hurt yourself, you do hurt others, it's just indirectly. There are plenty of laws for preventing you from hurting yourself. Worker safety. Public health. Motor vehicle safety.