In his article, “Decriminalizing Drugs Would Not Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse,” William J. Bennett argues that the legalization of drugs would not prevent people from misusing or abusing a drug. He brings up the death of Whitney Houston, including other celebrities, and how “legalizing drugs and making them more readily available would not have saved her life.” He believes that legalization will actually accelerate the misuse and abuse of drugs. Bennett uses Portugal as an example of what would happen if we did decriminalized drugs and ultimately concludes that it would be a failure, just like in Portugal. Although Bennett makes a strong argument here, and I do agree with some of his points, there is still hope that education will go
