William Bennett Drugs

In William J. Bennett’s argument, Drugs: Should their Sale and Use Be Legalized, he tries to persuade the readers that drugs should not be legalized. He goes on to explain the national drug policy and the intellectuals that by and large are against it but have little to contribute to the matter. The argument like he says is a little one sided, there is a whole lot to say about the national drug policy and very little to say about the intellectuals.
In his essay he explains both sides of the argument but it is more of his own opinion, and he tends to jump around a lot with different ideas. When he does actually give some factual evidence, he does not explain it well enough or give a good point on the subject. Bennett does however give some …show more content…
Trying to locate the source of the drug problem, maybe an inner city problem, poverty, could be racism or some other social decline in our society. Bennett’s opinion on the intellectual consensus that the drug problem in America is absurdly simple, and easily solved; and that the drug problem in America is a lost cause, is that it’s a contradictory proposition and is false. If drugs were legalized Bennett thinks many matters in our society will be worse off. If drugs were sold at a local convenient store would they be taxed, if they were then a black market would always come into play. If they were sold really cheap, then drugs could be bought with the allowance of a middle school kid. Crime would not be eliminated by legalizing drugs with the research that most drug criminals were into crime well before they were into any drugs. Crime would still continue, to pay for everyday living needs of …show more content…
In New Mexico he spoke to Rudy Chavez, Jack Candelarla and police chief Sam Baca about putting together a youth program to help keep kids off the street and away from drugs. Unfortunately this failed but then they set up a police station right in the heart of the drug problem on the streets. Together the police station and the residence in the area wanting to clean up the streets cleared the area making it safe for there kids to walk on the streets without fear. Then the youth center became successful doing what it is supposed to do. He also has been traveling around the country observing the drug problems in communities. He found that there are problems like these all over the country. Most communities don’t want to just stand and do nothing as this epidemic inclines. They want to fight back, take back there communities, and