Arguments for and against drug prohibition

over marijuana legalization continues. This argument refutes one of these claims that tries to support the legalization of Marijuana by highlighting some of the details and evidences that look helpful in convincing the readers but leaving the other sides unsaid while explain the reasons. The NY Times’ argument concerning marijuana legalization: (Six powerful reasons to legalize marijuana), published on July 31, 2014 refers to six reasons of: Prohibitions costs, Miniscule benefits of marijuana…

War on Drugs has had negative consequences on people and has not been very effective. Joel Miller in his book Bad Trip: How The War Against Drugs Is Destroying America outlines several of the negative consequences of the War on Drugs and I will discuss some of them. One of Millers biggest arguments that lay’s a foundation for his book is that he believe making drugs illegal and criminalizing them creates the circumstances for crime and violence (Miller 1). While the government approaches drugs…

Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America, by Edward Behr, gives a detailed account of an era where the United States learned that one really does not appreciate what they have until it is gone. Alcohol was always the American pastime, since before the revolution. Behr vividly describes from the time where America was in its beginnings and alcohol was used for medicinal purposes, then when aversion began to grow against “intoxicating beverages”, and finally to that fateful night on…

legalization revolve around safety. Since marijuana is currently federally illegal, one of the main avenues of attaining it is through the black market. Writers such as German Lopez from Vox claim that the prohibition of marijuana itself has generated a business for the black market and drug cartels, as it currently makes up twenty to thirty percent of black market revenue (Lopez). The black…

that individuals have a prima facie right to own a gun and that prohibition of such would violate the right to self defense. Both Huemer an Demetriou offer their own respective conclusions without citing the second amendment. Offering arguments without citing the second amendment is beneficial because typically those who oppose gun control commonly use the amendment as their sole source of justification. Huemer’s and Demetriou’s arguments both offer different and unique reasons in…

Once the 21st amendment repealed alcohol prohibition in 1933, states were allowed to set their own drinking age laws. Most states set their minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) to 21 except for two. When the legal voting age was lowered by the 26th amendment in 1971 from 21 to 18, many states began to lower the MLDA as well (Drinking Age ProCon.org). The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 mandated for the MLDA to be 21 in all states, since reports of teenage crashes increased in states…

or not marijuana should become legalized. This question influences society as a whole due to the large controversy and arguments that arise for the legalization of marijuana and against the legalization of marijuana. The question of whether or not we should legalize marijuana is a dilemma that must be analyzed because marijuana has always been illegal and is considered a drug and still is for most states, until recently. We need to study this issue because as of right now it is illegal in all…

many people marijuana is considered to have medicinal benefits while others believe it’s a gateway drug. Some consider it to have a “high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence” ("Resources - Controlled Substance Schedules", 2016). That may not be the case as marijuana possession was criminalized in the Confidential Restricted List in 1923 under the Narcotics Drug Act Amendment Bill only because some “business people and clergy” were upset by the opium…

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Professional Baseball For decades now, performance-enhancing drugs or PEDs, have been an alleged problem in professional baseball. Some of the arguments in the discussion include health risks, unfair advantages, and the effect it has on our youth as role models. There are excellent arguments for both sides, but in the end, who should get the final decision? Athletes should be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball until research…

used illegal drug in the world with more than 246 million people who use it each year, according to the United Nations (UN) (Steffens). Legalization of marijuana has been one of the most debated topics in social media in the recent decades. It seems like a discord within the states; some have already approved marijuana use for recreational purposes while others keep waiting for a reform on this unjustified law that keeps marijuana use a crime. Both arguments, in favor and against the…