Should We Loosen the Restrictions on Psychedelics?
The headline&#x27;s question should really be reframed to question the validity of these restrictions in the first place.<p>I&#x27;m not a user of any of these sorts of substances, nor condone them, but there&#x27;s zero reason for a free country to police personal use of such things.  Sure, driving under the influence should be policed as a safety hazard, showing up to work out of your gourd should still get you fired, etc.<p>But there&#x27;s little mandate that the government should be <i>policing and prosecuting</i> adults for potentially self-destructive private behaviors.  Especially in light of all the other addictive and potentially self-destructive legal activities people are heavily involved in, any pretense of that mandate crumbles.  Only when it threatens the safety, or disrupts the public civility, of other non-involved people should there even be a thought of government intervention.  Any other conception to reduce individual drug use should be positive pressure like awareness programs and rehab centers.