Theodore Dalrymple Quotes

The Extreme Intellectual Elegance Of The Proposal To Legalize The Distribution And Consumption Of Drugs, Touted As The Solution To So Many Problems At Once (AIDS, Crime, Overcrowding In The Prisons, And Even The Attractiveness Of Drugs To Foolish Young People) Should Give Rise To Skepticism. Social Problems Are Not Usually Like That. Analogies With The Prohibition Era, Often Drawn By Those Who Would Legalize Drugs, Are False And Inexact: It Is One Thing To Attempt To Ban A Substance That Has Been In Customary Use For Centuries By At Least Nine-tenths Of The Adult Population, And Quite Another To Retain A Ban On Substances That Are Still Not In Customary Use, In An Attempt To Ensure That They Never Do Become Customary. Surely We Have Already Slid Down Enough Slippery Slopes In The Last Thirty Years Without Looking For More Such Slopes To Slide Down.

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