James Delingpole James Delingpole

It is not drugs that cause the problems, it’s the wholly unwinnable war on drugs

James Delingpole says You Know It Makes Sense

At a dinner party a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be sat near one of my heroes, Roger Scruton — like being a couch away from Socrates at a symposium. But then, halfway through, the great man began sounding off on one of the two things he is completely and utterly wrong about (the other one being pop music): drugs.

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