It's a good article, but Hitchens is an odd fish. When the state tries to mask him, he rails and rages, but when he sees someone smoking a spliff he'll call the police to stamp out this outrageous and dangerous affront to society. Personal sovereignty for what you put on your face, but not for what you put in your body.
Please, people like PH belong in Hyde Park as a tourist attraction. He would be friends with Nixon and Anslinger. Makes me want to vomit.