[libraryatnight]

The last person who made this kind of argument to me was a gambling addict who had gotten into day trading.

[can16358p]

Well sad for them. I'm not involved in either gambling, daytrading, nor pay-to-win games, or any other addictive practice.

Just because they shared a similar view on this doesn't mean that I'm also an addict too.

While you didn't explicitly tell such a thing, directly replying with this example implies that.

[michaelmrose]

This is like saying people ought to be free to sell meth on the corner because you are smart enough to avoid addiction. Societies have good reason to ban things that are a net negative to society.

[can16358p]

Yup. Exactly. Drugs should be legalized too.

I don't do them but have respect to one's own opinion about their own body even if that means poisoning/killing themselves.

[michaelmrose]

There is an argument for decriminalizing drug possession. The same argument in no way holds for drug dealing. The price would come down and availability would skyrocket as would the problems that stem from use.