The paper advances Müller & Schumann’s framework that treats non-addictive psychoactive drugs as instrumental tools capable of promoting happiness, social capital and economic growth, arguing that current prohibitions are misplaced because most people underuse rather than overuse such substances. It calls for policy and research shifts to permit controlled, therapeutic and scientific use of these drugs, including their judicious use by behavioural scientists to generate hypotheses and foster empathic collaboration.
- Published
- Journal
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Authors
- Schumann, G., Müller, C. P.