should all drugs be legalized? (argue: all drugs should be legalized on a federal level.) 

1) An online article titled "10 Years Ago Portugal Legalized All Drugs -- What Happened Next?", states that "drug use has plunged dramatically," when the rest of the world had originally predicted absolute disaster.

http://www.alternet.org/story/151635/ten_years_ago_portugal_legalized_all_drugs_--_what_happened_next

2) According to online magazine Urban75, prohibition is useless and only costs tax payers money.

http://www.urban75.com/Drugs/drugten.html

3) According to online magazine The Week, "prohibition enforcement also encourages infringements on civil liberties... and racial profiling...". They further state that racial profiling occurs "despite similar drug use rates."

http://theweek.com/articles/445005/why-all-drugs-should-legal-yes-even-heroin

Works Cited

Miron, Jeffery. "Why All Drugs Should Be Legal. (Yes, Even Heroin.)." Why All Drugs Should Be Legal. (Yes, Even Heroin.). The Week, 28 July 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.

O'Neil, Tony. "Ten Years Ago Portugal Legalized All Drugs -- What Happened Next?" Alternet. The Fix, 14 July 2011. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.

"10 Reasons to Legalise All Drugs. Legalising and Declassifying Drugs." 10 Reasons to Legalise All Drugs. Legalising and Declassifying Drugs. Urban75, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.