It is an established fact that alcoholism, cocainism, and morphinism
are deadly enemies of life, of health, and of the capacity for work and
enjoyment; and a utilitarian must therefore consider them as vices. But
this is far from demonstrating that the authorities must interpose to
suppress these vices by commercial prohibitions, nor is it by any means
evident that such intervention on the part of the government is really
capable of suppressing them or that, even if this end could be attained,
it might not therewith open up a Pandora's box of other dangers, no
less mischievous than alcoholism and morphinism.
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