同学们，本栏目是对你们学过的知识和生活中常见问题的归纳。其中，有一些共性问题，也许你会需要哦！

Question1: What is main idea of Essay 2?

Answer: the second essay is about the trouble with legalizing drugs.

1.Part I (para. 11): thesis: infeasibility of legalization

2.Part II (para. 12-15): appeal of legalization

1)(para.12): positive effective

2)(para.13-15): Ineffectiveness of prohibition

3.Part III (para.16-19): rebuttal of legalization

1)(para. 16): increase of drug use amd social cost as a result of legalization

2)(paras. 17-18): evidence of prohibition reducing drug use

3)(para. 19): a weakness in Bennett’s argument

4.Part IV (para. 20): conclusion: infeasibility of both a quick fix and a slow fix.

Question2: can you analyze the structure of Essay 3?

Answer:

1. Part I (para. 21-22): elimination of durg-related crimes as a result of legalization

2. Part II (para. 23-26): rebuttal

1) (para. 23): negative effective on public health outweighing cost of law enforcement

2) (para.24-25): faulty analogy between alcohol prohibition and drug prohibition

3. Part III (para.27-31): solution: deglamorization

1) (para. 27-28): a lesson to learn from the anti-smoking campaign

2) (paras. 29-31): moral persuasion and mild repression

4. Part IV (para. 20): thesis: a large-scale propaganda campaign