I think you need to look at the idea of "harm" more broadly.

Some of the crimes you propose to be victimless, including prostitution and drug use, might not only be harmful to those engaged in it (prostitutes, for example, are in many cases sex slaves), but cause widespread public health problems (think of the burden to the state if it has to care for people addicted to and sickened by hard drug use).

I am a libertarian and in full support of the "don't tread on me" mentality. But for the sake of a healthy society, there needs to be a certain level of governmental oversight. I suppose defining that level is the real question. I'm just suggesting that people don't lose sight of the forest through all the trees.
dannyboy420 Reviewed by dannyboy420 on . The Harm Principle The harm principle is articulated most clearly in John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, though it is also articulated in John Locke's Second Treatise of Government and in the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt, to whom Mill is obliged and discusses at length. Mill argues that the sole purpose of law should be to stop people from harming others and that should people want to participate in victimless crimes, crimes with no complaining witness, such as gambling, drug usage, engaging in prostitution, then they Rating: 5