Persuasive Essay On Decriminalization

Let’s try to go through the day of an average American. You wake up in your bed to a buzzing alarm, begrudgingly getting ready for the long day ahead of you. You might take a bit to wake up so you put it on snooze. However, you remember you have children that depend on you, whether you need to wake them up or make breakfast, you are a responsible parent. During your morning ritual, you decide to tune in on the local news channel. Now just like most mornings, you hear about some serious crime that has been committed in an area close enough to mildly interest you, but far enough to not cause any concern. Probably some neighboring county. You then hear the kids coming down the stairs, signaling that it’s time to go. On your way to your car you see your neighbor just finishing their own ritual. No matter how hard you try you somehow make eye contact and are forced to make light conversation while your kids anxiously wait in the car. Once that’s done with, you get in the car and hope you’re not pulled over for the driving you’re about to
Therefore, the best possible solution is to either decriminalize, or fully legalize all drugs. With drug legalization/ decriminalization it is easier to give help to the people who are most at risk, can ease the strain on an already overcrowded prison system, help keep low income people out illegal drug dealing, and divert funds that usually go to drug cases and instead have them go to more serious cases such as murder and rape. This is not all speculation either, it is a tried and tested method to ending recidivism in addicts, as countries like Portugal and the Netherlands have seen positive results. In both countries, all crime, not just strictly drugs, have gone down tremendously. Sometimes up to 70% crime reduction. In the Netherlands, their prisons are so empty that they now rent out their left-over prisons to other European