Peter Hitchens was the first public intellectual I had ever encountered willing to defend the prohibition of drugs. That should have been a red flag for me, if something that was deemed an "establishment" position was never publicly proclaimed by any politician or thinker, surely it can't really be the establishment position. Peter Hitchens has produced a history of the development of drug culture in the UK called
Why Ban Drugs? Part VI: The "English Model"
Why Ban Drugs? Part VI: The "English Model"
Why Ban Drugs? Part VI: The "English Model"
Peter Hitchens was the first public intellectual I had ever encountered willing to defend the prohibition of drugs. That should have been a red flag for me, if something that was deemed an "establishment" position was never publicly proclaimed by any politician or thinker, surely it can't really be the establishment position. Peter Hitchens has produced a history of the development of drug culture in the UK called