Organized around the central theme of drug legalization, these essays cover a wide variety of opinions and points of view and were selected for their capacity to represent the delicate shadings and nuances of the various opinions. Those articles selected have been written by people who are generally knowledgeable in fields pertinent to the current debate as well as by some who have led this debate. The first selection identifies a series of questions that advocates of a "debate" on legalization or decriminalization of drugs need to answer. Three concluding articles identify some intermediate positions often neglected in the debate about legalization of drugs. 348 footnotes and 29 references