Drug abuse: opposing viewpoints

How serious a problem is drug abuse?

Drug abuse is a serious problem / Mathea Falco

The seriousness of drug abuse may be exaggerated / Sam Staley

Increased heroin use is a serious problem / Mark Miller

Evidence of increased heroin use is inconclusive / Mark A.R. Kleiman & Jonathan P. Caulkins

Cocaine abuse is a serious problem / Charlie Knox

Cocaine abuse is not a serious problem / Bruce Alexander

How should the war on drugs be waged?

The war on drugs should be prosecuted more vigorously / Joseph D. Douglass Jr.

The war on drugs should be abandoned / Daniel K. Benjamin & Roger Leroy Miller

International measures can help win the war on drugs / Melvyn Levitsky

The international war on drugs is a failure / Peter Andreas & Eva Bertram

Military efforts to stop drug trafficking are effective / Dale E. Brown

Military efforts to stop drug trafficking are ineffective / Center for Defense Information

Should drug testing be used in the workplace?

Employees should be tested for drug use / G. John Tysse & Garen E. Dodge

Employees should not be tested for drug use / Glenn Berrien

Random drug testing in the workplace is fair / Robert L. Dupont

Random drug testing in the workplace is unfair / Eric Neisser

How should prescription drugs be regulated?

Increased regulation of prescription drugs is necessary / Pete Stark

Increased regulation of prescription drugs is unnecessary / James R. Cooper ... [et al.]

Advertising prescription drugs is beneficial / Paul H. Rubin

Prescription drug advertising is harmful / Eric P. Cohen

Drug companies' profits are excessive / Viveca Novak

Drug companies' high profits are justified / Richard J. Kogan

How can drug abuse be reduced?

Legalization would reduce the drug problem / Ethan A. Nadelmann

Legalization would not reduce the drug problem / Mitchell S. Rosenthal

Increasing federal funding for treatment programs will reduce drug abuse / George M. Anderson

Increasing federal funding for treatment programs will not reduce drug abuse / Jeffrey A. Eisenach & Andrew J. Cowin

Community involvement can reduce drug abuse / Mathea Falco

Methods used by the military could reduce drug abuse / Lester David.