Self-Quiz 4.23: Peter de Marneffe, Against the Legalization of Drugs

Which of the following best characterizes de Marneffe's primary reason for thinking that drugs should not be legalized?

Doing drugs is immoral.

Profiting from drug use is immoral.

Legalizing drugs will increase drug abuse.

Drugs degrade users' personality.

What does it mean for a law to be paternalistic?

It limits people's liberty for their own good.

It is mostly symbolic.

It only applies to adults.

It only applies to minors.

De Marneffe thinks that a law _______ would violate people's rights.

punishing the use of cocaine

banning the manufacture of heroin

banning the sale of alcohol

None of the above

De Marneffe argues that laws that prohibit people from using recreational drugs should be

strengthened.

more consistently enforced.

kept, but weakened.

repealed.

According to de Marneffe, the fact that a black drug market exists

makes drug control easier to justify.

makes drug control more difficult to justify.

shows that drug control is pointless.

is irrelevant to whether drug control is justified.

De Marneffe argues that the U.S. War on Drugs is

too timid.

not as costly as its opponents suggest.

costly, but worth it.

more costly than effective drug control needs to be.

De Marneffe argues that laws against the manufacture and sale of alcohol and cigarettes

are wrong in principle.

would be just as effective as laws against other drugs.

would violate the right of self-sovereignty.

None of the above

Which of the following does de Marneffe identify as a relevant difference between cigarettes and other drugs.

Cigarette smoking does not make you a worse parent, student, or employee, while using other drugs does.

Cigarette smoking is not as bad for your health as other drugs.

Cigarette smoking is easier to quit than other drugs.

All of the above

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