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*[[Stimulants]] are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor, Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate).

*[[Stimulants]] are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor, Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate).

==Arguments for legalization==

==Arguments against legalization==

Whilst there are undoubtedly arguments against legalizing particular or all recreational drugs, there are arguments to the contrary.

Although [[liberal]]s attempt to frame arguments for legalizing particular or all recreational drugs, there are compelling arguments to the contrary.

*Crime.  Some argue that the primary immorality associated with illicit drugs is the resultant drug-related crime.  The cocaine industry is notoriously immoral, whilst a legal industry would almost certainly be far less so. Celerino Castillo, a twenty-year veteran of law enforcement (including twelve years in the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]), calls the drug war a "vile and despicable presence doing irreparable harm to all of the American landscape," and insists that legalization is the only real solution to eliminating drug cartels and gangs.<ref>[http://mapinc.org/newsleap/v08/n258/a06.html Drug War Doing Irreparable Harm], Brownsville Herald, 3 March 2008.</ref>

*Crime.  Some argue that the primary immorality associated with illicit drugs is the resultant drug-related crime.  However, their solution seems to be to sully the [[United States]] government by having it take over these criminal enterprises and play the part of the gangsters, feeding the addictions of unsuspecting children. Celerino Castillo, a twenty-year veteran of law enforcement (including twelve years in the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]), insists that legalization is the only real solution to eliminating drug cartels and gangs.<ref>[http://mapinc.org/newsleap/v08/n258/a06.html Drug War Doing Irreparable Harm], Brownsville Herald, 3 March 2008.</ref> Essentially, Castillo argues that the [[United States]] government should ''act'' as a drug cartel or gang.

*[[Human Rights]].  It has been suggested that it is a human right to have access to recreational drugs, and that it is immoral of the government to prevent this.  However, this argument is not without criticism.  Drug use may lead to a user negatively affecting the lives of others.

*[[Human Rights]].  It has been suggested by [[liberals]] that it is a human right to have access to recreational drugs, and that it is immoral of the government to prevent this.  This is similar to the liberal stance on premarital sex, homosexual sex, bestiality, and necrophilia.

*Futility of criminalization.  The laws on illicit drugs cannot be effectively enforced and drugs are easy to procure.  When a law cannot be effectively enforced, it is of questionable merit.  Also, since [[alcohol]] is a dangerous, legal alternative, people will frequently turn to it instead, which is arguably no better.

*Futility of criminalization.  Some argue that the laws on illicit drugs cannot be effectively enforced and drugs are easy to procure.  When a law cannot be effectively enforced, it is of questionable merit.  These dangerous people would have us believe that if there were difficulty enforcing [[rape]], the logical solution would be to legalize it.

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