Why I am not a Libertarian

If it may be permitted, I would like here to quote in full an article which argues against the legalization and the award of social sanction of that form of mental self-mutilation known as recreational drug use, and does so with more authority than I command (since the author speaks from personal experience--note particularly his anecdote about building a road in Africa, when the construction workers were given free booze) . 

The article is from Front Page magazine, and the author is the skeptic