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1 Efficiency 1.1 Drug laws are effective
1.2 Drug laws are ineffective
2 Deterrence 2.1 Arguments that prohibition discourages drug use
2.2 Arguments that prohibition does not discourage drug use
3 Gateway drug theory 3.1 Arguments that cannabis is a gateway drug
3.2 Arguments that cannabis is not a gateway drug
4 Health 4.1 Health arguments for drug laws 4.1.1 Addiction
4.2 Health arguments for drug law reform 4.2.1 Health benefits
4.2.2 Quality control
4.2.3 Block to research
4.2.4 Misleading health statistics
4.3 Medical uses 4.3.1 Arguments against medical uses of prohibited drugs
4.3.2 Arguments for medical uses of prohibited drugs
4.3.3 Lack of access to controlled medications
5 Economic 5.1 Economic arguments for prohibitive drug laws 5.1.1 Prohibition of hemp industry
5.2 Economic arguments for drug law reform 5.2.1 The creation of drug cartels
5.2.2 Effect on producer countries
5.2.3 Prohibition of hemp industry
6 Crime, terrorism and social order 6.1 Arguments for prohibitive drug laws
6.2 Arguments for drug law reform 6.2.1 Violence and profits of drugs traffickers
6.2.2 Corruption
6.2.3 Stigma of conviction
6.2.4 Children being lured into the illegal drug trade
6.2.5 Environmental
6.2.6 Legal dilemmas
6.2.7 User cost of drugs
7 Discriminatory 7.1 Arguments for inconsistent drug laws
7.2 Arguments against inconsistent drug laws 7.2.1 Consistency between drugs
7.2.2 Same policy for distinct drugs
7.2.3 Race and enforcement of drug laws
8 Civil rights 8.1 Civil rights arguments for prohibitive drug laws
8.2 Civil rights arguments for drug law reform 8.2.1 Cognitive liberty
8.2.2 Spiritual and religious
8.2.3 Personal development and exploration
9 Moral and ethical reasons 9.1 Moral arguments for prohibitive drug laws
9.2 Moral arguments for drug law reform
10 Political 10.1 Sending out signals 10.1.1 Arguments for sending out signals
10.1.2 Arguments against sending out signals
10.2 Political calculation 10.2.1 Arguments for political calculation
10.2.2 Arguments against political calculation
11 Public opinion 11.1 Public opinion on prohibitive drug laws
11.2 Public opinion on drug law reform