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Valerie Farmer

8 December, 02:11

Match each type of fallacy with its example from arguments against the legalization of marijuana.

Slippery slope

Circular reasoning

Red herring

Ad hominem

Weak analogy

A.

Marijuana is and should be illegal because pot smoking leads to use of harder, more dangerous drugs, thereby increasing crime.

B.

Marijuana is a drug just like crack or cocaine, and no one wants those substances legalized.

C.

Potheads" are criminals, so they are in no position to make legal arguments.

D.

If marijuana is legalized for adults in the same way that alcohol is legal, the government will need to figure out how to tax it, and people probably won't know where to buy it.

E.

Drugs are illegal, and marijuana is a drug, so it should remain illegal.

The answers from the other questions are not true.