GRE阅读写作分析--How to stop the drug wars
<p> <span word="Prohibition">Prohibition</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="failed">failed</span>; <span word="legalisation">legalisation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="solution">solution</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="HUNDRED">HUNDRED</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="diplomats">diplomats</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ban">ban</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="narcotic">narcotic</span> <span word="drug">drug</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="February">February</span> 26<span word="th">th</span> 1909 <span word="they">they</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Opium">Opium</span> <span word="Commissionjust">Commissionjust</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="fought">fought</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assert">assert</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="peddle">peddle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="bans">bans</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mood">mood</span>-<span word="altering">altering</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="followed">followed</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1998 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Assembly">Assembly</span></p><p> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieving">achieving</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drug">drug</span>-<span word="free">free</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eliminating">eliminating</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="opium">opium</span>, <span word="cocaine">cocaine</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cannabis">cannabis</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2008.</p><p> <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="assuages">assuages</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="moral">moral</span> <span word="panic">panic</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="handmaiden">handmaiden</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prohibition">prohibition</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="intended">intended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reassure">reassure</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hugely">hugely</span> <span word="irresponsible">irresponsible</span> <span word="promise">promise</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="fulfilled">fulfilled</span>.</p><p> <span word="Next">Next</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="ministers">ministers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Vienna">Vienna</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>. <span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="world">world</span>-<span word="war">war</span> <span word="generals">generals</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span>, <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="addiction">addiction</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="flourished">flourished</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="sensible">sensible</span> <span word="measure">measure</span>, <span word="this">this</span> 100-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="illiberal">illiberal</span>, <span word="murderous">murderous</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pointless">pointless</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Economist">Economist</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="legalise">legalise</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>.</p>
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