Arguments for and against drug prohibition

problems caused by alcohol, efforts to stop alcohol consumption were attempted. Groups like the Anti-Saloon League were brought together to gather support for Prohibition. Prohibition was meant to eliminate the market of alcohol and also limit its consumption. Other people, such as saloon owners and alcohol consumers, were against Prohibition. During the 1930s, the conflict between alcohol…

be illegal and why their argument is wrong. “In 1545 the Spanish brought marijuana to the New World. The English introduced it in Jamestown in 1611 where it became a major commercial crop alongside tobacco and was grown as a source of fiber” (History Of Marijuana). By 1890 marijuana was replaced my cotton as a source of fiber. During this era marijuana was used in some medicines but was not used by most patients. In…

choose to live in ignorance of such a drug existing, and try to campaign against it. Such a nuisance cannot be helped, but with the help of the many, we can silence the few who wish to take away our political and social freedoms. We need the legalization of marijuana to happen in the United States, for a plethora of reasons. Marijuana is used as a psychological healer for those who need a coping mechanism. It is used as a pain reliever for those who prefer a drug more natural than…

common drug used in the world. The united states should rethink the matter of marijuana. In general, the unrevealed argument about marijuana in this country is: should marijuana still be giving to people based on its medical values, health effects, and cost to our country? This argument has right reasons and is essential. As I mention before, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world, and billions of people in the planet use it regularly; the laws behind this drug…

In his article entitled Drugs: Case for Legalizing Marijuana in the New York Times on September 26, 1970, Gore Vidal made several good points. He equated the war on drugs with the time of the prohibition. Making alcohol illegal resulted in thousands of deaths due to bad alcohol. The same thing seems to be happening today with the war on drugs. Those who use drugs for recreation or those who become addicted never really know for sure what they are taking into their system. Whether it will…

(working title) Imagine a world where theft is allowed, car accidents are apart of daily life, and people are contracting illnesses left and right. Imagine a world where people are not motivated to do well and mediocrity is accepted. It’s a simple drug that has the ability to cause many problems to a person 's overall health and society as a whole. Presently, this issue has divided the nation into two groups: those who think marijuana is dangerous and those who want it legalized for…

the “War on Drugs.” Most recently, cannabis (marijuana, weed, THC) has been the focal point of this costly war. Since 1990s, twenty-three states, with California being the first, have legalized cannabis for personal, medicinal, and recreational usage. However, controversy over this not-so-new public enemy remains because it is still illegal under federal law. The War on Drugs is one without end. Advocates of marijuana prohibition believe it discourages crime and trafficking of the drug, while…

After some thought, choosing the decriminalization model because this is a model compromised between legalization and prohibition. After many years of waging war on drugs, I do not see us really getting anywhere. By placing someone found in possession of more than a week’s supply of any type of drug such as marijuana to cocaine, the person would deal with an accelerated rehabilitative disposition as in a special intervention type program and calling it the mediation group comprised of a lawyer…

On the opposite side of the argument is the Editorial Board of The New York Times. In their article, “Repeal Prohibition, Again” they give the economic reasons for legalizing marijuana. Although both The Editorial Board of The New York Times and Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum effectively use the Toulmin model in their writing, Steinbaum’s argument is more complete. The Editorial Board of The New York Times has decided that it is time to throw out the ban on marijuana. Prohibition of alcohol in the…

The cost of weed? No, the cost of prohibition of weed. The hundreds of thousands of arrests for marijuana costs on average more than 3.6 billion. That’s just the cost of enforcing the laws. (8) There’s no benefits to marijuana? What are the benefits of criminalizing it? Besides pumping money to the courts. The war on drugs was a failure because it didn’t cut down on the number of users. (13) Paragraph 16 makes an argument of absurdity because how can you predict who would’ve committed…