Legalization of All Drugs
Legalize Drugs! I know what you're thinking, are you crazy!
The debate over the legalization of drugs continues to disturb the American public. Such an issue stirs up moral and religious beliefs, beliefs that are contrary to what Americans should believe. I ask all of you to please keep an open mind and hear me out on this very controversial subject. All of us have in some way or another been affected by drug, whether it is a family member or the economic burden on society. Americans often take at face value the assumptions that drugs cause addiction, which leads to crime. This is true but abundant evidence exists to support the view that legalizing illicit drugs can help solve the drug problem in America. There is not a way to stop drug use, however there are two ways to combat the problem, like we have been or to legalize them, the legalization of drugs would help the United States in the areas of crime, increase revenue, elevate over-crowed prisons and decelerate the use of drugs in American society. There is one fact society agrees on: drugs are everywhere in America. The so-called "War on drugs" has taken over the streets, back alleys, and the suburbs of America. It has caused a problem that mirrors the prohibition days of the 1920's and early 1930's. A
Fact that alcohol prohibition did fail and the prohibition on drugs is not only doomed to fail but it has already failed miserably. It has created more of a social cost than if there was never a "War on drugs". The anit-drug policies have created an underground drug-trade, in which modern drug-dealers have taken the place of the bootleggers of the prohibition age. The fabled "War on Drugs" has not made even a dent in the problem, even though we arrest people and we stuff them into prisons as fast as we can build them. If one thinks otherwise, just look in newspapers and you will see that this war has failed miserably. To understand why prohibitions are doomed to fail one must look at the
The debate over the legalization of drugs continues to disturb the American public. Such an issue stirs up moral and religious beliefs, beliefs that are contrary to what Americans should believe. I ask all of you to please keep an open mind and hear me out on this very controversial subject. All of us have in some way or another been affected by drug, whether it is a family member or the economic burden on society. Americans often take at face value the assumptions that drugs cause addiction, which leads to crime. This is true but abundant evidence exists to support the view that legalizing illicit drugs can help solve the drug problem in America. There is not a way to stop drug use, however there are two ways to combat the problem, like we have been or to legalize them, the legalization of drugs would help the United States in the areas of crime, increase revenue, elevate over-crowed prisons and decelerate the use of drugs in American society. There is one fact society agrees on: drugs are everywhere in America. The so-called "War on drugs" has taken over the streets, back alleys, and the suburbs of America. It has caused a problem that mirrors the prohibition days of the 1920's and early 1930's. A
Fact that alcohol prohibition did fail and the prohibition on drugs is not only doomed to fail but it has already failed miserably. It has created more of a social cost than if there was never a "War on drugs". The anit-drug policies have created an underground drug-trade, in which modern drug-dealers have taken the place of the bootleggers of the prohibition age. The fabled "War on Drugs" has not made even a dent in the problem, even though we arrest people and we stuff them into prisons as fast as we can build them. If one thinks otherwise, just look in newspapers and you will see that this war has failed miserably. To understand why prohibitions are doomed to fail one must look at the