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Drug prohibition is unwise social policy for many reasons, most obviously because forbidden fruit tastes sweeter: that is, because one of the easiest ways for a person (especially a young person) to assert his autonomy is by defying authority (especially arbitrary and hypocritical authority). (Thomas Szasz)

The Soviet government censors the press; hence, the Russians have a samizdat (underground) press--which American presidents interpret as proof of the spiritual invincibility of the free market. The American government censors "substances" (drugs); hence, the Americans have a samizdat (underground) pharmacopoeia--which American presidents interpret as proof of the subversion of the free market by greedy "drug lords" and hostile foreign governments. (Thomas Szasz)

Psychedelic drugs cause paranoia, confusion, and total loss of reality in politicians who've never taken them. (Anonymous) ( Read more... )