1. should drugs be legalized?
Legalization of drugs will stop an enormous number of deaths and crimes. ... On their web page the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states, "the costs of crime attributed to illicit drug abuse were estimated at 59.1 billion. These costs include reduced earnings due to incarceration, crime careers, and criminal victimization; and the costs of criminal justice and drug interdiction". ... Based on this information it is not hard to realize that prohibition costs money, and lives. ... This would have an impact on the amount of money flowing through criminal channels, and this might weaken o...
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