title: Taking drugs very seriously.
abstract: Neither anti-illegal drug proponents nor their detractors have wholly plausible arguments for their positions, because neither takes responsibility for drug use sufficiently seriously. Instead, only a policy that places users' responsibility at the forefront of the problem is acceptable, one that is sufficiently respectful of actual or potential nonusers' rights not to be wrongfully harmed, directly or indirectly, by drug use, or coerced to support it in any way.
authors: San Diego State University, CA, USA. acorlett@mail.sdsu.edu
authors: J Angelo
authors: JA
authors: Corlett
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law / Q000941:ethics*; D006291:Health Policy; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026706:Paternalism; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs