Anti-Legalization Thesis

Ben Evenchik Legalization: Wrong for America "Drugs enslave and take the individual's rights to knowledge and a clear conscience away." -Thomas Liefkowitz Throughout history, various drugs have played a pivotal role in a vast array of cultural practices, both religious and recreational. The Native Americans used to ingest peyote to aid them on their "spirit quests". The ancient Incas freely chewed cocaine leaves to help relieve the altitude sickness that would sometimes plague them. Black …

…live in a society that is deprived of ambition and motivation… a country full of "stoners"? Is it more beneficial to legalize marijuana, and then deal with all the crime, all the weed-related accidents, all the broken dreams from a motivation-less society… or would it be better to simply maintain prohibition? The choice seems rather simple. With all the statistics and examples against legalization, it is clear that prohibition of marijuana should be permanently sustained.