[IsaacW]

The way I see it is that these kinds of "laws" in an AC world would not be like the same kinds of laws we have in a statist world. That is, an individual will not be violently forced to abstain from heroin. However, if most people in a society view it as a bad habit, then he may find it difficult to contract for work, health insurance, or other goods and services without abstaining. His freedom to consume heroin may be in practice similar to his freedom to not eat. I do not think this would be the case, since (inexpensive without state-enforced prohibition) heroin could be safely consumed as a recreational drug, but it is certainly a possible outcome.

I think the same issues arise in an AS world as well: if no commune will let me consume heroin when I am not working, then my freedom to consume heroin is the same as my freedom to not join a commune.