Illegal Drugs
Illegal Drugs | Illegal Drugs Should Be Legalized
The Quaker commitment to nonviolence has direct implications for the United States’ failed drug war. It is a spiritual law that we become what we hate. Jesus articulated this law in the Sermon on the Mount when he admonished, “Do not react violently to the one who is evil” (Scholars’ Version). The sense is clear: do not resist evil by violent means; do not let evil set the terms of your response. Applied to the drug issue, this means, “Do not resist drugs by violent methods.”
When we oppose evil with the same weapons that evil employs, we commit the same atrocities,...
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- Introduction
- Is There a Drug Abuse Crisis?
- Should Drug Testing Be Allowed?
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Are Antidrug Programs Effective?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The D.A.R.E. Program Is Effective
- Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Cocaine Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Methadone Is an Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
- The D.A.R.E. Program Has Been Ineffective
- Drug Treatment Programs Are Often Ineffective
- Classroom Drug Education Has Been a Failure
- Should Illegal Drugs Be Legalized?
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