Joe Lau's wiki: Food/Drugs

Drugs

Issues

Do governments have the right to decide what we can or cannot eat? Why or why not? What are the reasons for prohibiting drugs? What about alcohol, which seem to be more dangerous than many illegal drugs?

Readings

• [*] Articles from The Economist: 1, 2
• [*] James Q. Wilson (2000) "Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse" Slate.
• James Q. Wilson (1990) "Against the legalization of drugs" Commentary.
• Husak, Douglas N (2005) The legalization of drugs Cambridge University Press. hkulib:b3131526 google
• A UK ranking of the harm of different types of drugs. Note the ranking of alcohol and tobacco.