Flaws in Drug Legalization Argument

He states that it is "time for us to legalize drugs in this country" and claims that he can offer support for this in two ways--in terms of moral and practical considerations. But, from the very beginning his argument suffers because he does not distinguish what he means by "drugs." The reader can infer that he refers to illegal so-called recreational drugs. But he does not say so and it could include, for example, drugs that are meant for medical conditions but have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Then he fails to define what he means by the terms "moral" and "practical." Instead he says that it is not moral for the government to make it illegal to use drugs and that legalizing drugs would produce "pragmatic gains" for the country (which, incidentally, is never identified as the United States other than the initial reference to "this country").

His whole argument about the morality of making drugs illegal is based on the claim that "the government should never forbid activities which do not impinge on the rights of others." This might be a logically supportable claim but he makes no attempt to suppor

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