Article August 19, 1991 Issue

POSITIVE PRESS

James Q. Wilson

Newsweek

"Even now, when the dangers of drug abuse are well understood, many educated people still discuss the drug problem in almost every way except the right way. ... They rarely speak plainly—drug use is wrong because it is immoral, and it is immoral because it enslaves the mind and destroys the soul. It is as if it were a mark of sophistication for us to shun the language of morality in discussing the problems of mankind."

James Q. Wilson, quoted in Newsweek, January 9, 1989. Copyright © James Q. Wilson. Reprinted with permission.

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