Antonio Escohotado Espinosa (Madrid, July 5, 1941) is a thinker, essayist and Spanish university professor whose works, although centered mainly on law, philosophy and sociology, have approached a great variety of fields. He gained public notoriety for his research on drugs, and his antiprohibitionist positions are well known. The leitmotiv of his work is an affirmation of freedom as an antidote to the fear or coercion that pushes the human being towards all kinds of servitudes.