February 9, 2014

The Economist with a lovely correction to a mistaken claim about its own coverage of the legalization of drugs:

In a leader last month (Of bongs and bureaucrats, January 11th) we said that The Economist first proposed legalising drugs in 1993. In fact we argued for it in a cover story in 1988. Who says drug use doesn’t damage long-term memory?

Hat tip to Emily Babay.

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