Why “Drugs Will Destroy Society” Is the Laziest Argument in the War on Drugs
“If we legalize drugs, society will collapse. Addiction will skyrocket. Crime will explode. Our kids will be doomed.” This is the prohibitionist greatest hit — the scare line trotted out whenever anyone dares suggest that maybe, just maybe, criminalizing human chemistry hasn’t worked out that well. It sounds dramatic. It’s emotionally loaded. And it falls…