Gun bans, drug bans etc.

Are just crap and false security for those who can't think with their own brains. Sure, people get shot and kill themselves with drugs, but so what? Tools and chemicals don't kill people it's always the people themselves who do that. When will we learn to accept natural fact of life that is death.

Nothing logically follows, mate. It's all trade-offs. I really don't like false dichotomies.

Anyway, if many people take drugs recklessly, and therefore destroys their lives and futures, maybe it is in the interest of society to prevent it. That's a waste of human capital, and you're helping them too. People regularly engage in self-destructive behaviours, but that doesn't mean society should allow it.

The question was: is it in societies interest to allow it? Will the reduction of crime compensate for the loss of productivity? Or will there be a loss of productivity at all?