Amiri Baraka “Soul Food”, Gore Vidal “Drugs”, Phyllis Mcginley “Woman Are Better Drivers”

Legalizing drugs could be what we need help, save more lives after all. Vidal believes that all drugs

Proponents on the legalization of drugs believe if drugs were to become legal; the black market worth billions of dollars would become extinct, drug gangsters would disappear, addicts would stop committing crimes to support their habit and the prison system would not be overwhelmed with a problem they cannot defeat. The decriminalization of drugs will only make illegal drugs cheaper, easier to get and more acceptable to use. “The U.S. has 20 million alcoholics and alcohol misusers, but only around 6 million illegal drug addicts. If illegal drugs were easier to obtain, this figure would rise”(Should Drugs be decriminalized? No.November 09, 2007 Califano Joseph A, Jr).”

If drugs were legalized, it will forever affect the world. It will not only affect people now but people in the future. Vidal talks about the war on drugs and government at the end of his essay. He states that “nothing sensible will be done” and it will only get “worse”. What would only get worse is if drugs were actually legalized and people began to use them more and more. If the government keeps fighting the war against drugs, a better solution will come up to end drug use and drug addiction. Eventually drugs could be belittled. Vidal mentions that “Every man, has the power (should have the power), to kill himself is he chooses.”. This is a true statement but his way of using this sentence, I disagree with. If a person is choosing to become a drug

Gore Vidal, An American writer acknowledge for writing plays, essays, and novels is also famously known for the essay “Drugs: Case for legalizing Marijuana.” In this essay, he talks about the effects of legalizing Marijuana. As he begins to talk about the possible ways of stopping addiction, he analyzes modern society while critiquing the flaws of preventative laws against illegal substances. Using himself as an approach to explain that addiction does not occur after one intake; however after various usage. Vidal testifies that he has experimented with almost all illegal substances and can attest that he has not became addicted to any of them (Vidal). Realizing that the solution to preventing drug addiction in America is a simple task, Vidal solution is to make all drugs available, while selling them at a cost. When putting all illegal substances on the market, a label detailing the affects, good or bad, when a person consumes such substances (Vidal). As people are entitle to their own actions, it is impossible to completely rid the world, much a country, of drug addiction. Vidal explains that everyone in this world is not sane and that there will be addicts and substance abusers. Similar to those who choose to end their life, the issue will remain persistent only just at a reduce minimum (Vidal). Realizing that due to a substances illegalization, people tend to crave more of the substance because it is not allowed. With all substances, including Marijuana, becomes legalized

In the article “Drugs” by Gore Vidal the author claims that if the United States wants to stop most drug addiction, crimes, value of the product. Then they should simply make all drugs available and sell them at cost. The first strategy the authors addresses is that if drugs were to be available to everybody then it will stop most drug addiction. The author claims that if drugs were to be sold there would be regulations towards having this allowed. For example, the people who are mentally ill will not be able to consume the product, because it will attract an addiction towards them and that is what they are trying to avoid. For those who are not mentally ill will be able to use the product. The author claims that their will always be drug addicts, but at least their will be not as many as there were before. The second strategies the author addresses are that if drugs were to be allowed by consumers then crimes towards drugs will decrease, because it being allowed to use. The mafia and drugs dealers will not have any penalty towards them for having or selling drugs for it being not an issue to use hear in the United States. I agree with the author claims upon crimes not being an issue no more if drugs were to be allowed to use here in the United States. I think over the years there has been a numerous amount of people in jail for having and selling drugs and having them in jail is costing the American people allot of money. I believe the real criminals here are

This writing in particular was a pretty courageous attempt. Taking into consideration the era in which this article was published 1970, at that period in time harmony, adoration and drug for everyone was a reality. At that instance putting forward this idea would be inclined to be considered as an unbelievable comic story or a severe cause offend to the US government. The idea which Vidal places is not an innovative idea although it was an intimidating one. Vidal’s article, without any uncertainty is valiant chunk; however it fails to endow its audience a direct and clear plan or reason of why the drugs should be legalized, except for the idea that it is the basic right of the people

At first Chapman does not limit his perspective to one side of criticizing the use of illegal drugs in society. Instead, he deals with this subject in a broad way. He argues over the fact that the use of these prohibited drugs costs the government a lot of money, police time and prison space and how in spite of taking several administrative steps, the government has suffered from a colossal failure in stopping the drug abuse. He provides the data in support of his argument which is direct and precise. Through the example of Bennett, he tries to convey the message that people are not willing to have the spread of drug abuse in citizenry. A survey was conducted asking people to respond to the following question: if illegal

He also describes how the United States views as a voice and forceful supports of prohibitionist drug controls in international policymaking. In addition, in the United States the discussion on surrounding drug control policy is one of the most extremely disputed matters of our current eras. The author mentions in the article how the strictly enforced US prohibitionist drug was unable to control the Narcotic drugs which happened to create many negative and harmful consequences for the people in the world. The negative consequences that were created when they failed to control the narcotic drugs happened to increase the violence, government dishonesty, and public seizure; therefore, these consequences to the economy growing are very harmful and dangerous. Narcotic drugs have long preserved, which has impacted many people lives in the world. A main purpose of this article is about the unaffordable drug control normally employed by the United States. The United States has spent way too much money abroad and local just thinking that they will be able to decrease the level of illegal drugs; however, they happened to fail at

One profound way of combatting drug usage is to continue educating the youth and public on the fatal risks of utilizing drugs. Another aspect that the film did not touch upon is the drug policies and issues in other countries. Most of the world’s narcotic painkiller market is based in the United States, so there could be stronger laws introduced to limit who is able to access these strong pills. Moreover, countries such as Spain, have legalized most drugs, and have since seen a decrease in the usage of these drugs. These measures could be applied in the United States, and the black market where profit is made on these drugs would dissipate. Furthermore, these substances could be highly taxed like cigarettes, and made limited so that they become less accessible to the public. While recovery is a lifelong process for those already addicted, America can save the lives of tomorrow by getting the drugs out of the hands of first time

With availability, still rampant in neighborhoods, drugs are still ruining lives. "Further, prohibition has been ineffective and has failed to demonstrate any significant reduction in drug usage, drug supply, or drug harm" (Buchanan, 2015, p. 1). The only thing that the "War on Drugs" is documented as doing is increasing mass incarceration numbers but did little to combat the issue. Making a substance illegal, can create an appeal to that drug, making it more desirable. The illicit drug market is extremely violent, to begin with, but with enforcement comes more violence. For example, "Disrupting the once steady market by removing a key business leader makes this underground market more volatile, and turf wars become more likely. When a business is forced to operate underground, there are no legitimate means of resolving disputes between producers, suppliers or users" (Buchanan, 2015, p.

In the beginning of Gore Vidal's essay he starts off by telling people that making all drugs legal is the right choice. He also stated that by putting the warnings on the dug bottles will prevent people from getting addicted. I believe his reasonings are not believable. People will get addicted to drugs even with the knowledge off the bad side effects. Drugs are terrible for a person's health and even if the United States makes them legal people will misuse them. Although Vidal stated that he tried every drug and didn't get addicted to any of the, but he only tried them all once. Some people do not have a strong willed mind to stop at just one use. On the other hand, the legalization of marijuana is more realistic. Marijuana is still a very

As mentioned in the text, the “war on drugs” is very costly and has been ineffective. This has been a battle that the government has not been able to handle and has impacted society and many cities in a negative way. “Decriminalization and legalization have both been suggested drug control policies at the state and local levels. Both strategies are ‘based on the assumption that drug abuse will never be eliminated.’” This video shows the legalization strategy and proves that cities are thriving economically because of the strategy and shows that the crime rate has not skyrocketed due to the

The issue of legalization of drugs is among the most polarizing debates in modern history. It is commonplace to use the term ‘epidemic’ for the level of drug abuse prevalent in the country today. Yet, the proponents and opponents of legalization of drugs passionately defend their arguments and find logical fallacies with the arguments of the opposing camps. Both sides, however, generally agree that the current ‘war on drugs’ is not working as expected and there is significant room for improvement because the cost of such a war often exceeds its benefits.

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Pollan learned other countries cultural food tradition. He talks about Mexico and West Africa food tradition, if you lived in Mexico you ate rice, beans, and corn tortillas. If you lived in West Africa you ate cassava, yams, beans, and millet (103). In other words, in different countries they have a cultural food tradition, but the United States doesn’t have a food tradition that the people can say it’s our America’s cultural food. America has a variety of food, but doesn’t have a cultural food dish/meal. In the book it states that, we have never had a national food cultural in the United States. There’s really no such things as “American Food” (109). In other words, America has other countries food, but America does not have a specific cultural food that other people from around the world can say its American food. America has different ethnicity and it creates for those ethnicity to create there cultural food, for others to eat and enjoy different cultural foods in the United States.