On September 15, Jay Z released an informative video titled “The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail.” In the video Jay Z addressed the discrepancies of the drug war and its negative affects on society. The issues that were spoken about in the video have been the main points made in the anti-drug war argument. There has been many studies done on this topic which produced many supportive results. However, there still people who do not see the drug war as a failure. In his article, “4 Reasons Why Ending the War On Drugs Would Be a Huge Mistake,” from Mic. doctoral student at the University of Rochester, James Banks, argues that decriminalizing drugs would cause even more problems in the United States. Banks reports that the U.S. spends an already exponential
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Throughout most of his article, Banks was not able to follow this line of thinking. He did not make convincing arguments for his points. The first point is about the problems that arise in our country from prescription drugs. In his argument, Banks attempts to rebuttal the claims that legalizing drugs will be better for the country by revealing the huge amount of money that the government spends a year dealing with prescription medication addiction. He uses this to support his claim that the decriminalization of drugs would result in more addictions. Unfortunately, this point actually proves that decriminalizing drugs would not be a bad idea. For example, prescription drugs are legal, yet they can be highly addictive and cause great damage to someone. Now, yes they are helping with illness and disease, but so can some of the illegal drugs too. Also, some criminalized drugs make up some of the ingredients pain pills. He carries his inadequate support through his other two points when addressing marijuana usage and the poor communities involvement in the drug
Throughout most of his article, Banks was not able to follow this line of thinking. He did not make convincing arguments for his points. The first point is about the problems that arise in our country from prescription drugs. In his argument, Banks attempts to rebuttal the claims that legalizing drugs will be better for the country by revealing the huge amount of money that the government spends a year dealing with prescription medication addiction. He uses this to support his claim that the decriminalization of drugs would result in more addictions. Unfortunately, this point actually proves that decriminalizing drugs would not be a bad idea. For example, prescription drugs are legal, yet they can be highly addictive and cause great damage to someone. Now, yes they are helping with illness and disease, but so can some of the illegal drugs too. Also, some criminalized drugs make up some of the ingredients pain pills. He carries his inadequate support through his other two points when addressing marijuana usage and the poor communities involvement in the drug