Szasz's Three Categories of Claims Makers

Question 1

Criminalizers

Answer 1

Drug offenders are both criminals and patients, who should be punished as well as coercively treated “Do you want more crack babies”

Question 2

Legalizers

Answer 2

Drug abusers are sick and should be coercively treated in government funded programs “the war on drugs cannot be won”

Question 3

Free Marketeers

Answer 3

Drug use is personal choice, neither crime nor illness “Self-medication is a right”