1. War on drugs ineffective; new strategy needs to be tried
2. Prison for drug dealers/users costs billions in tax payer dollars; money wasted
3. Drug dealers/users arrested aren't "corrected" in prison; money wasted
4. Financial effects of legalization: more money to use toward education programs, etc.
5. Counterargument--legalization may send wrong msg, but no more than legal. of alcohol
6. Illegality of drugs drives up black market prices, making dealing highly profitable
7. Legalization would remove hight profit incentive that motivates drug dealing
8. Losing war; must alter strategy with new methods; example of Sweden's success
Practice with Outlines
Instructions: The following statements represent eight separate paragraphs in a hypothetical essay on the legalization of drugs. Using strategies of logic and arrangement, position the points in the most reasonable, persuasive order possible. Click on the hands in order to drag around the layers. When finished, check your answer.
