Drugs.._Why_Not_

Drugs.. Why Not' On ethical grounds, do we have the right to use the machinery of government to prevent an individual from becoming an alcoholic or a drug addict' For children, almost everyone would answer at least a qualified yet. But for the responsible adults, would answers no. Reason with the potential addict, yet tell him that the consequences, yes. Prey for and with him,yes. But I believer that we have no right to use force, directly or indirectly, to prevent a fellow man from committing suicide, let alone from drinking alcohol or taking drugs. I readily grant that the ethical issue is difficult and that men of goodwill may well disagree. Fortunately, we need not resolve the ethical issue to agree on policy. Prohibition is an attempted cure that makes matters worse for both the addict and the rest of us. Hence, even if you regard present policy toward drugs as ethically drugs, addict, addicts, policy, yet, right, prevent, number, make, issue, individual, first, ethical, drug, both, young, yes, worse, whatever, unwise, uncertain, toward, today, themselves, tell, taking, suicide, source, since, risk, rest, responsible, resolve, regard, reason, readily