Bennett views the intellectuals as part of the problem. There are two sides to the drug problem in America; it is a simple fix or it is a lost cause. There is no happy medium. Some would say, it is not drugs that is the problem. It is a poverty problem. Bennett thinks this is a solvable problem. Legalization is not one of his solutions. It would create total chaos in education, the work place, on highways, and in emergency rooms. He believes that legal drugs would lead to a substantial rise in the crime rate. Alcohol and drugs being legal at the same time would not be acceptable. Drugs use changes the people we once were it destroys our character. The people that see this conundrum first hand are the real experts, not the intellectuals.
