critical analysis of Drugs by Vidal Gore
Critical Response of ‘Drugs-Vidal Gore’
The article ‘Drugs’ by Gore Vidal was written in order to pace forward a tough case for legalizing all types of drugs in United States of America. He tends to explain the basic human philosophy and the chronological happenings to bring forward this obstacle. First and foremost he brings into front three main arguments concerning the usage of drugs. He deems and strongly claims that by making the drugs illegal does not help to obstruct the drug addiction or trafficking infact they give rise to such activities. Moreover, he endows with the reasons as to how the process of legalization would assist to prevent drug addiction and seize such activities from the face of America. At first Vidal starts off with the argument that why illegalization of drugs would not be able to accomplish the task it strives for, which is obstruct the drug addiction and trafficking. Vidal does that by endowing with examples of him of how even after trying each and every type of drug; Vidal did not get addicted or adapt the habit of drugs. Vidal places all the irrational fears and trepidations such as “if everyone is allowed to take drugs everyone will and the GNP will decrease, the Commies will stop us from making everyone free, and we shall end up a race of Zombies, passively murmuring "groovie" to one another .” He carries on with endowing diverse arguments of how the drug prevention might be employed rather than illegalizing drugs.
One would definitely be of the same opinion as Vidal’s proclamation “Each man has the right to do what he wants with this own life. ” However, this statement in Vidal’s essay is linked and utilized in a negative or diverse way. What Vidal pursues to persist is that every human being has the authority or right more precisely to end their lives, hold an authority to drugs, and indulge in any type of activity as per their wishes as far as they are not intervening in the matters of their
The article ‘Drugs’ by Gore Vidal was written in order to pace forward a tough case for legalizing all types of drugs in United States of America. He tends to explain the basic human philosophy and the chronological happenings to bring forward this obstacle. First and foremost he brings into front three main arguments concerning the usage of drugs. He deems and strongly claims that by making the drugs illegal does not help to obstruct the drug addiction or trafficking infact they give rise to such activities. Moreover, he endows with the reasons as to how the process of legalization would assist to prevent drug addiction and seize such activities from the face of America. At first Vidal starts off with the argument that why illegalization of drugs would not be able to accomplish the task it strives for, which is obstruct the drug addiction and trafficking. Vidal does that by endowing with examples of him of how even after trying each and every type of drug; Vidal did not get addicted or adapt the habit of drugs. Vidal places all the irrational fears and trepidations such as “if everyone is allowed to take drugs everyone will and the GNP will decrease, the Commies will stop us from making everyone free, and we shall end up a race of Zombies, passively murmuring "groovie" to one another .” He carries on with endowing diverse arguments of how the drug prevention might be employed rather than illegalizing drugs.
One would definitely be of the same opinion as Vidal’s proclamation “Each man has the right to do what he wants with this own life. ” However, this statement in Vidal’s essay is linked and utilized in a negative or diverse way. What Vidal pursues to persist is that every human being has the authority or right more precisely to end their lives, hold an authority to drugs, and indulge in any type of activity as per their wishes as far as they are not intervening in the matters of their
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