Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan points out in the following viewpoint that the war on drugs is not a war on all drugs but only on some drugs. He questions why some drugs are illegal when others, which have similar properties and produce similar effects, are entirely legal. He maintains that there is no sense in the laws that make one drug legal and a similar drug illegal. He contends that as drug-making technologies continue to produce ever more sophisticated drugs, the distinction between all kinds of drugs, from caffeine to Ecstacy, will become even more blurred. Sullivan is a senior editor at the New Republic magazine.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How are Ecstasy and Prozac similar, according to Sullivan?
2. To what substances does Sullivan compare methamphetamine?
3. Which medicinal drugs also have high...