Factoid oTD

Matt Zwolinski:

In politics, today, you can almost get away with saying that marijuana ought to be legal and still have a shot at national office. Not, of course, without a large number of people claiming that your endorsement of legalization could only be driven by your clandestine desire to smoke as much dope as you can.

Among philosophers, in contrast, it is difficult to find anyone who is willing to argue for the moral defensibility of the status quo. Nobody I’ve read thinks it is morally proper for the state to lock people up in jail for the mere use or possession of marijuana, or of heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamines either as far as I can tell.