April 19, 2004

THIS MORNING I NOTED THE UNSAVORY HISTORY of gun control, as described by two law professors, Bob Cottrol and Ray Diamond.. Now a reader sends this unsavory history of drug prohibition, by law professor Charles Whitebread.

I'm against both, of course.

UPDATE: Michael Melton emails:

You've said you are in favor of legalizing drugs. Does your position extend to permitting over the counter sales of drugs which now require a prescription? It doesn't make much sense to sell heroin and cocaine over the counter, but require a prescription for eye drops and skin cream.

Hmm. I'm sure the Drug War is a mistake; I'm not so sure exactly how to replace current drug policy. But I'm inclined to think that antibiotics ought to be more strictly controlled -- since their overuse or misuse can breed resistant strains that endanger large numbers of people -- than "recreational" drugs, whose users primarily endanger themselves.