Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This book is an effort to do just that-to parse the legal, moral, and philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of drug policy. Does liberal
political theory, with its commitment to individual freedom, offer any guidance in the matter of drugs, particularly regarding their
legal status? Do the commitments that citizens of liberal democracies make-commitments to ideals such as
rationality, equality, justice, and democratic forms of decision-making-have implications for drug policy? These are the questions addressed in this volume, which explores the…
