Always an interesting debate this, Birdog, and you present your case for a rethink on the present laws governing drug/substance use very cogently.
Although I always used to believe anyone should have the right to eat, drink, smoke, snort, sniff, anything they like - so long as it doesn't inconvenience anyone else, nowadays I'm much more inclined to favour the argument presented by Oz on Page 1 of this thread. It's probably an age thing!
Regarding my old avatar and signature, which I adopted when I first joined this site, I wasn't trying to make any kind of a statement with these..... There were many on here who suggested some my early posts gave the impression of a junkie with smoke coming out his ears. I was quite happy to go along with that idea at the time - maybe I just left them in place for too long.
Johnboy,
From The Shadow of Walton Mountain,
Virginia.