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  • Drug Policy And The Intellectuals
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    SHOULD WE FAVOR DRUG LEGALIZATION? In the article "Drug Policy and the Intellectuals", William J. Bennett, chides intellectuals who believe drugs should be legalize. Bennett challenges his audience, by attacking intellectuals. However Bennett tries to win over his audience of intellectuals in two ways: by calling upon their talents and by attacking on the arguments of intellectuals who favor legalizing drugs... He shows an understanding of others' viewpoints by addressing points of opposition se...
  • Billions In Drug Profits From Legalization
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    Are Drugs the Solution If drugs were legalized many of the problems that face society will diminish. Removing legal penalties from the production, sale, and use of illegal drugs would remove many of our biggest social and political problems. Many of these problems that would be eliminated include ending prison overcrowding, freeing up police resources, unclogging the court systems, saving tax money, making drugs safer for those who choose to use, stabilizing other countries, eliminating much of ...
  • Legalization Of Drugs
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    Legalization of drugs is probably the only way with which we can preserve some of the sanity still left in this world. The war on drugs is costing us over 100 billion dollars to fight each year, and were only fighting a monster which we are making bigger with each punch. Its not drugs, but drug laws themselves that have created this monster. Drug use is part of human nature, but the unimaginable wealth involved leads to the corruption of the police, judges, and elected officials. There is no rea...
  • Individual's Use Of Drugs
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    An Argument for the Legalization of Drugs, Based on John Stuart Mills' 'Revised Harm Principle' The question of whether or not to legalize certain drugs has been debated for decades. Although opponents have thus far been successful in preventing this, there are nonetheless a substantial number of people who believe that legalization should be given a chance. Their arguments range from the seeming ineffectiveness of current drug laws to the simple premise that the government has no right to prohi...
  • Sale And Use Of Drugs
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    Drugs and Legalization Since early on man has been interested in the consumption of substances that altered the mind or ones feeling. The consumption of substances can be broken down into legal and illegal substances. The question is, who are we to label certain substances illegal and prohibit others from using them by creating penalties for their use? If the importation, sale and use of drugs were legal, the open competition would eliminate the profitability of drug dealing. Without the economi...
  • Legal Psychoactive Drugs
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    IN THE DRUG WAR - EDUCATION IS THE BEST WEAPON It seems that in the ongoing debate over whether to legalize drugs in the United States, quite a few people feel that legalization would diminish the crime rate. Their argument points out that the permissible use of marijuana would eliminate the necessity for people to go into hard drug territories to purchase such a drug and maybe even deter them from trying narcotics like crack-cocaine and heroin. Even though these people assert that legalization ...
  • Addict To The Drug
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    Con-Legalization of Drugs The idea of legalizing drugs is as bad as the drugs itself. Some drugs are though to have positive medical use, but that's a though to be untrue considering the contradicting facts. How could drugs that are so be in any way helpful, specially in a medical manner. Every part of the world that has tried it only brought corruption to their country and made addiction rates even worse. Although rumors that some drugs can help treat certain diseases have been stated they are ...
  • Narcotics To The List Of Legal Drugs
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    For years, the issue of legalization has been an increasingly controversial subject. Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legalization would be more realistic than current efforts in drug prevention. Opponents state that with legalization would come an increase not only in availability, but also with everything associated with that availability. This includes suffering of users and their lov...
  • Legalization Of Marijuana
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    Should Marijuana be legalized United States is facing many controversial issues today. The highly controversial issue that comes up in Newspapers again and again concerns the legalization of Marijuana. Some people support and believe that legalization is the only solution left for the nation while others oppose it because it will help to increase the number of drug users and drug related crimes. Marijuana is illegal in United States. Marijuana is the product of leaves from a plant that contains ...
  • Legalization Of Drugs
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    Legalize It: Debating American Drug Policy The controversy surrounding the legalization of drugs has raged since the late 1930's and it seems it will continue well into the future. Such a debate has been apparent in the American marketplace of ideas before with the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's. With the illegality of alcohol the mafia could produce liquor and therefore had considerable control over those who wanted their substance and service. The role that the mafia played in the 1920's...
  • Immediate Effect Of A Legalized Drug Market
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    The dawn of the twenty first century has ushered in a new age of optimism and wonder. Despite the proclamations of television, all is not in well in our part of the world. Our societies have succumbed to the modern holy war on drugs. Being fought against our own citizens and citizens abroad, an international effort to eradicate drug production and use has undoubtedly failed leaving in its wake social unrest and political chaos. Assault, property crime, racial and economic marginalization, murder...
  • Prohibition Of Recreational Drugs
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    America is wasting it's money and resources. It's trying restrict something on which restrictions don't have any effects: drugs. People who don't use recreational drugs don't do so because of the health risks; people who do use drugs would whether or not they are legal. The fact that they are illegal makes little difference. Nevertheless, $15,000,000,000 goes directly into drug prohibition every year, and has very little effect. Very much money is spent to pay police narcotics officers, fund the...
  • Legalization Of Drugs
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    Legalize Drugs! I know what you " re thinking, are you crazy! The debate over the legalization of drugs continues to disturb the American public. Such an issue stirs up moral and religious beliefs, beliefs that are contrary to what Americans should believe. I ask all of you to please keep an open mind and hear me out on this very controversial subject. All of us have in some way or another been affected by drug, whether it is a family member or the economic burden on society. Americans often tak...
  • Free Market In Drugs
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    "Please, sir... may I have some more" The Analysis of a Paternalistic Government A Report on Our Right to Drugs by Thomas Szasz You might be tempted to label Thomas Szasz, author of Our Right to Drugs, The Case for a Free Market, a counter-culture hippie. However, this analysis couldnt be further from the truth. Szasz, a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, is a major supporter of civil liberties. He sees the so-called "War on Dr...
  • Side Of Drug Use
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    I read this question and immediately one answer came to mind, yes we are in the midst of a drug epidemic. Drugs seem to be a huge problem to this present date. You can walk down any side street in New York City and buy pot or several other drugs. I would call that an epidemic. Everywhere you look you see the issue of drugs being brought up, and the topic of legalizing certain drugs. Is this just another phase the United States is going through or are they really thinking about legalizing pot Leg...
  • Legalization Of Illegal Drugs
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    Americas number one problem seems to be their issue on drugs, nobody can honestly say that they have never seen or heard of someone using an illegal drug. This problem is on the rise according to a national statistic (According to samhsa. gov). In the juxtaposition of 1995 through 2000, the drug use rate has skyrocketed. Drug users have now found a new resource known as PMA, which infiltrates the nightclubs of Orlando. Recently two students at UCF have died from another drug known as ecstasy. If...
  • Influence Of The Drug
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    Cannabis Should it be Legal or Not? The debate of legalizing cannabis is a social debate which every individual has his / her own opinion, Who is right? The outcome of this couldn't possibly please everyone. Below are the most common arguements for both sides for legalizing cannabis. AGAINST Some of the most popular arguements against legalizing cannabis are that people under the influence of the drug act out of order and it is a doorway drug to harsher more dangerous drug use. Also crime rates ...
  • Legalization Of Illicit Drugs
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    Drugs - the issue is wholly controversial, and the debate not entirely without merit. It is hard to see exactly what the answer should be, without looking at all the facts; even then, many "experts" fluctuate between a "Yes" and a "No" answer. Granted, there are many sides to the problem; however, with the decriminalization of marijuana seemingly within reach, the debate for whether all illicit drugs should be decriminalized or even legalized has gotten more intense. There are many facets, but t...
  • Marijuana And Other Illegal Drug
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    marijuana is the cause of much commotion and debating, as the question of legalization becomes more of an issue. There are many sides to this issue, and no one seems to know the answer. Is keeping marijuana illegal a duty for the government to keep the public healthy or are they just trying to prevent thoughtless and harmful acts in society. Marijuana is a substance obtained from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant. But technically it is known as cannabis sativa. Whi...
  • Stand For The Legalization Of Drugs
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    A Grave Decision I come to you today not as a politician looking to say the right things or as an ex drug users looking to lecture you on the disastrous effects of drug use. But I do come to you today as a terribly concerned citizen of this great nation. As you are probably are aware of our government is pondering the idea and is leaning toward legalizing such illicit drugs as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. There are those in this nation on both sides of the spectrum in this great debate. Some ...

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