Drugs are harmful. One of the things any moral society must do is protect its citizens from avoidable dangers. And that includes drugs. Legalizing drugs will only lead more people to use them. Legalization would be a catastrophe that would destroy the lives of millions.
Legalization is surrender to immorality.
Mr. Knox would have us throw more and more money at the symptoms, instead of trying to cure a much more deeply rooted disease. What we need to do is dismantle this paternalistic system and rebuild the family unit, the work ethic, the American Dream, if you will. The inner cities must be revitalized, jobs created for urban poor who see drugs as the only way out of a cycle of poverty. Front page of News of the Nation for July 19, 1996. Index of news stories by topic .