According to Public Agenda, the majority of Americans are worried about a family member becoming addicted to illegal drugs, and that the government is not doing enough to combat this problem. This group is winning the competition against the family in DiPietrantonio’s post in the conflict of getting mass/majority interests on their side. The two groups in this conflict are “anti-drug” and “Pro-marijuana.” The anti-drug group has the majority, and since the issue is on the agenda in their favor, this is an example of the elite/majoritarian Congress exercising its function as representatives of he majority. This is also an example of individual-based Classical Liberalism in conflict with Civic Republicanism, as the pro-marijuana side is looking after the abilities of individuals to smoke it, while the anti-drug group is looking after the stability of the country.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Drugs and Interests of Public
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Yes, drug is defintely became one of the most serious public policy issue. Such as marijuana. According to the public agenda,the issue can be whether the marijuana can be legallized. Personally, the answer should be No. There are many friends around me who are addicted into marijuana. I really feel like they made a huge mistook. But in fact, there are nothing can be with the governement. People make the choice by themsevles, so the only thing that soceity can do is people need to realize how bad the marijuana is, then quit smoke.
ReplyDeleteThe war on drugs is an ever-lasting war and one we will never win. I believe marijuana is much different that other drugs and being addicted to something like Cocaine or Heroine is a public concern. However way too many young adults smoke marijuana for the public to be concerned about addiction. There will always be two sides to every argument and both sides are right in this situation. At the end of the day it's ones' personal choice to take drugs and we spend way too much time and effort attempting to prevent these things from happening.
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