I'd like to get your opinion on the following linked article. It was published in 1996 by National Review (definitely a conservative magazine) during Clinton's presidency. The article features detailed opinions by 7 relevant people with extensive knowledge of the war on drugs and its consequences. The 7 authors generally do not advocate the complete legalization of drugs, but strongly criticize the opposite extreme (and current policy) of complete prohibition.
If you don't want to read the whole article, note that it is broken into 7 sections (each with a different author). Feel free to read a few sections and comment on those if you like (just let us know which sections you read by number).
http://www.nationalreview.com/12feb96/drug.html
If you read this article and still support the complete prohibition of drugs, I'd like to know what about the article failed to convince you.
If your mind is changed by the article from supporting the current policy to something else, I'd like to know about that too.
For those who already question the sanity of our current drug policy, I would like your opinion on the quality of this article. I would also like your opinion on what you think individuals can do to persuade the people and government to try a different approach.
If you don't want to read the whole article, note that it is broken into 7 sections (each with a different author). Feel free to read a few sections and comment on those if you like (just let us know which sections you read by number).
http://www.nationalreview.com/12feb96/drug.html
If you read this article and still support the complete prohibition of drugs, I'd like to know what about the article failed to convince you.
If your mind is changed by the article from supporting the current policy to something else, I'd like to know about that too.
For those who already question the sanity of our current drug policy, I would like your opinion on the quality of this article. I would also like your opinion on what you think individuals can do to persuade the people and government to try a different approach.