Drug Legalization

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Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Is the Prohibition of Drugs Failing? -- Yes: The Prohibition of Drugs Is Failing -- Prohibition of Marijuana Unnecessarily Criminalizes Young Minorities -- No: The Prohibition of Drugs Is Not Failing -- Drug Legalisation: An Evaluation of the Impacts on Global Society -- Chapter 2: Is Drug Use Dangerous for Society? -- Yes: Drug Use Is Dangerous for Society -- Drug Use Negatively Impacts Health, Productivity, and Crime -- No: Drug Use Is Not Dangerous for Society -- Drug Prohibition Is More Dangerous than Decriminalization -- Chapter 3: Should Marijuana Be Legalized? -- Yes: Marijuana Should Be Legalized -- Marijuana Should Be Legalized and Not Just Decriminalized -- Medical Marijuana Should Be Legalized -- No: Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized -- Medical Marijuana in Plant Form Should Not Be Legalized -- Chapter 4: How Should US Drug Policy Be Reformed? -- Have We Lost the War on Drugs? -- Legalizing Drugs -- Legal, Regulated Heroin Could Have Saved Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Heroin and Rational Choice -- There Is No Moral Justification for the Prohibition of Drugs -- Drug Legalization Will Have Positive and Negative Consequences -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index