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What does it mean?
Friedman supports drug legalization, arguing that personal autonomy outweighs prohibition and that prohibition causes most harm.
In plain terms
Drugs should be legal because prohibition harms more than use.
What can you take from it?
Prohibition causes more harm than drugs.

Where it applies

  • policy analysis
  • civil liberties debates
  • law reform

Putting it to work

  • analyze drug policy
  • discuss legalization

Questions to consider

  • Should adults decide their own risks?
  • Does prohibition cause more harm?

Another view

It ignores potential health risks of unrestricted access.

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