[hutzlibu]

"Processes could be set up whereby mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists), ethicists, and the judicial system could make determinations that an individual is not competent to make decisions"

Isn't that allready pretty much the case?

If a person gets demented, cracy, whatever - then other people around them notice and take action. Hospital, Judge s. There are also other issues than drugs, like driver license, firearms, childcare etc.

Not that it is really easy to determine if a person is sheep-like. Lots of gray area and abuse in that area, so barriers are quite high.

(is a suicidal person for example crazy? I think not necessarily, only in rare exceptions)

But I very much agree, that a normal, mature person should have every right to consume whatever he or she wants. While beeing still fully responsible for all her action s ...