Legalize This!

Auteur

Douglas Husak is Professor of Philosophy and Law at Rutgers University. He is the author of Drugs and Rights and Philosophy of Criminal Law.

Texte du rabat

There are currently nearly half a million drug offenders incarcerated in US jails, more than the entire EU prison population. Added to the financial consequences of current drug policy there is the enormous human cost. Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum are now beginning to ask: is it worth it? Horror stories of the dangers of drug use abound, but the truth is more prosaic; although recreational drugs are sometimes bad for users, there are between 80 and 90 million US citizens who have used illicit drugs without ill effects.

Résumé
In this trenchantly argued text, both students and the general public will find a clear statement of the arguments for the decriminalization of recreational drugs.