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Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear by Carl L. Hart

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I’m not unsympathetic to Hart’s arguments, particularly about the racialized and sensationalized attitudes towards drugs and drug use, but I’m just not entirely convinced. This is billed as a case for drugs to be legalized and/or decriminalized specifically because they help responsible adults in their “pursuit of happiness,” but defines responsible adults so narrowly as to miss out lots of people who would end up using drugs should they be legalized/decriminalized. The libertarian philosophy is also not up my alley, personally. I was also rubbed the wrong way by Hart’s claiming to be a better person for his drug use and also freely admitting to shutting himself away from his kids to use drugs in the days after their beloved dog died so that he could process his emotions or something. Miss me with that approach to parenting.
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