An Argument for the Legalization of Drugs. Based on John Stuart Mills' "Revised Harm Principle"'

        The question of whether or not to legalize certain drugs has been debated for decades. Although opponents have thus far been successful in preventing this, there are nonetheless a substantial number of people who believe that legalization should be given a chance. Their arguments range from the seeming ineffectiveness of current drug laws to the simple premise that the government has no right to prohibit its citizens from using drugs if they choose to do …

…area of our lives. This is a faulty assumption because the government's role would only shift, not disappear. There would be taxes, quality control, and distribution issues to deal with, and the government would be at the helm. Therefore, Mills' Principle would still be 'violated,' and the country would have a slew of new problems to deal with due to the availability of legal drugs and lack of recourse with which to address them.