The case against drug prohibition

Walter E. Block; Alexandra Orriols; Winston Thompson; Megan McAndrews

doi:10.19195/2084-4093.24.2.4

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2018)

The case against drug prohibition

Walter E. Block

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-4791

Alexandra Orriols

Winston Thompson

Megan McAndrews

https://doi.org/10.19195/2084-4093.24.2.4

Pages: 49 - 60

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Abstract

The case against drug prohibition

The case against drug prohibition is overwhelming. This law is to drugs what alcohol prohibition was to those substances: a disaster. Drug use, by and among consenting adults, is a victimless crime: it preys on the poor, lifts our inmate population into the stratosphere, has negative racial connotations and leads to needless deaths.

Keywords:

addictive drugs, prohibition, economic freedom, racism

Published

23-10-2018