A case to legalize drugs in America 58 Articles

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by Francis Dutton

I'm old enough to remember when the "War on Drugs" was initiated with great fanfare and hope. Parents, educators and politicians believed the battle could be won. All it would take would be dedication, commitment, and adeq...read more

by Joost Steffensen

The criminalization of drug-use is the second prohibition. And like the first prohibition, the one on alcohol, it needs to be ended. We all know alcohol is bad for us and we all know drugs are bad for us. But making them i...read more

by Dante Ghi

Drugs in America. Everyone knows someone that is either directly or indirectly involved in the drug trade. Everyone knows at least one user or at least one police officer. What to do with this one hundred twenty seven...read more

by The Wizard of OM

Another aspect of my previous article "Chemical Conundrum" is the Prohibition Condition. To truly understand the depth of this conundrum we must illustrate the governments feeble and downright inept (mis)management of dru...read more

by Wayne Gallant

Romancing the Stoned In recent elections several cities, notably Denver, held referenda or legally binding propositions decriminalizing or otherwise removing or reducing sanctions regarding the use or possession of mari...read more

by Jared Stroup

Triumph in the War on Drugs I recently discovered that Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm took a courageous step in the War on Drugs; she practically pardoned two individuals who were convicted of delivering cocaine. ...read more

by Martin Dean Kauss

Legalizing drugs. Bring it up enough and you will no doubt find at least one person who supports legalizing marijuana. They will inevitably mention such classic arguments as, "It's no worse than tobacco", or "Alcohol kills...read more

by Andy Ray

By now, a majority of Americans realize the Iraq War has been a complete failure, in terms of defining a mission and carrying it out. But what about our "other war?" You remember, over twenty years ago, we declared War O...read more

by Maureen Bachert

The time is now for us to realize that we cannot legislate a personal definition of morality. The prohibitionists tried that and found that it was impossible to enforce. We are having that same problem today. At the tim...read more

by Darrell Miller

What makes anyone imagine making a drug subject to legal enforcement can stop those who desire to use the drug? Prohibition of alcoholic beverages generated crime-syndicate controls of corrupt officials and accelerated la...read more

by Jerry Curtis

Black's Law Dictionary defines decriminalization as "an official act generally accomplished by legislation, in which an actformerly criminal, is made non-criminal and without punitive sanctions." On the other hand legaliza...read more

by Edward Prislac

The history of marijuana prohibition is as strange and storied as its current form. When made illegal by the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the prohibition of cannabis was conceived as a means to a much more sinister end. Can...read more

by Tim Gray

Whether I believe, or anyone else believes, drugs should be legalized in America is of no concern. It is a moot matter. The following is irrefutable. You can't control consensual behavior among adults. Our society ...read more

by Rachel Carosello

In a recent article on PLoS Medicine, an online journal published by the Public Library of Science, a study found that countries with stringent user-level drug policies (like that in the United States) did NOT have lower l...read more

by T. M. Beeker

Legalize what is illegal. Logical thought screams out this is a really dumb idea. As a person who has been involved in the 'War on drugs' I can assure you legalization is a farce. Three reasons why economics, politics, and...read more

by Craig Hubley

"When our remote ancestors moved out of the trees and on to the grasslands, they increasingly encountered hooved beasts who ate vegetation. These beasts became a major source of potential sustenance. Our ancestors also e...read more

by Robert Bluck

One should not have to make a case to legalize drugs, the facts speak for themselves. The main reason this has not happened is do to the fact that people prosper from illegal drugs. To legalize drugs would drastically af...read more

by Edward Fleming

Our United States of America, a country in the grip of reality television, which gives the public instant gratification and the producers instant fat wallets due to minimal production costs needs to rethink its stance towa...read more

by Carol Noble

Reading many of the answers to questions relating to illegal drugs it is clear there are quite a few people on this site who take illegal drugs, and who think it is OK to do so. Clearly, those people will not like what I ...read more

by The Reaper

Psychoactive drugs such as LSD, Ecstasy, and other so-called "psychedelic drugs" should be allowed under carefully controlled circumstances for clinical research, and should they demonstrate restorative qualities they shou...read more