Instruction
Read:
Jennifer Rowland, “Jen’s Page on US Drug Policy”
Read:
Peter de Marneffe, “Against the Legalization of Heroin”
Douglas Husak, “Four Points About Drug Decriminalization”
George Sher, “On the Decriminalization of Drugs”
Daniel Shapiro, “Individual Rights, Drug Policy, and the Worst-Case Scenario”
Listen:
Adam Ruins Everything: “The Failure of the War on Drugs” https://maximumfun.org/episodes/adam-ruins-everything/failure-war-drugs/
Write:
Pick at least two psychotropic drugs and take an informed position on whether they should be legal, illegal, or decriminalized. Discuss how critical thinking in ethics and the sciences has informed your view. Your essay should be one-page and double-spaced.