Thomas Szasz Quote

I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society it is none of the government's business what ideas a man puts into his mind; likewise, it should be none of its business what drugs he puts into his body.

The Theology of Medicine: The Political-philosophical Foundations of Medical Ethics (ed. Syracuse University Press, 1988) - ISBN: 9780815602255