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1、HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?1.DrugsItispossibletostopmostdrugaddictionintheUnitedStateswithinaveryshorttime.Simplymakealldrugsavailableandsellthematcost.Labeleachdrugwithaprecisedescriptionofwhateffectthedrugwillhaveonthetaker.Thiswillrequireheroichonesty.Don’tsaythatmarijuanaisaddictive
2、anddangerouswhenitisneither----unlike“speed,”whichkillsmostunpleasantly,orheroin,whichisaddictiveanddifficulttokick.Fortherecord,Ihavetriedalmosteverydrugandlikednone,disprovingthepopulartheorythatawhiffofopiumwillenslavethemind.Neverthelessmanydrugsarebadandtheyshouldbetoldwhyinasensiblew
3、ay.Alongwithexhortationandwarning,itmightbegoodforourcitizenstorecallthattheUnitedStateswasthecreationofmenwhobelievedthateachmanhastherighttodowhathewantswithhisownlifeaslongashedoesnotinterferewithhisneighbor’spursuitofhappiness.Nowonecanhearthewarningrumblebegin:Ifeveryoneisallowedtotak
4、edrugseveryonewillandweshallenduparaceofZombies.Alarmingthought.Yet,itseemsmostunlikelythatanyreasonablysanepersonwillbecomeadrugaddictifheknowsinadvancewhataddictionisgoingtobelike.Iseveryonereasonablysane?No.somepeoplewillalwaysbecomedrugaddictsjustassomepeoplewillalwaysbecomealcoholics,
5、anditisjusttooband.Everyman,however,hasthepower(andshouldhavethelegalright)tokillhimselfifhechooses.Butsincemostmendon’t,theywon’tbemainlinerseither.Nevertheless,forbiddingpeoplethingstheylikeorthinktheymightenjoyonlymakesthemwantthosethingsallthemore.Thispsychologicalinsightis,forsomemyst
6、eriousreason,alwaysdeniedourgovernors.ItisaluckythingfortheAmericanmoralistthatwehavenopublicmemoryofanythingthathappenedlastTuesday.NooneinWashingtontodayrecallswhathappenedduringtheyearsalcoholwasforbiddentothepeoplebyaCongressthatthoughtithadadivinemissiontostampoutDemonRum---launching,
7、intheprocess,thegreatestcrimewaveinthecountry’shistory,causingthousandsofdeathsfrombadalcohol,andcreatingageneral(andpersisting)contemptamongthecitizenryforlawsoftheUnitedStates.Thesamethingishappeningtoday.Butthegovernmenthaslearnednothingfrompastattemptsatpr
