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Drug Debate

 

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             An immediate effect of a legalized drug market would be increased safety for drug users. Adulterated drugs off the black market are responsible many unnecessary deaths. (www.dancesafe.org) Drugs created in clean environments subject to inspection and quality control would be far superior to those created in clandestine labs who's operators have little or lose by cutting corners. Current laws do not differentiate between those who produce a drug properly and those who attempt synthesis in their bathtubs leaving almost no room for safety concerns to get in the way of profits. A regulated drug market would provide drug users with consistent doses, lowering the likelihood of overdose with some drugs. Clear labeling, instructions, and warnings present in a legalized system would result in safer usage. It is known, for instance, that other, more dangerous drugs, have caused many of the deaths linked to ecstasy. (www.csdp.org/factbook/ecstasy.htm) In the future, such scenarios can be virtually eliminated. Another safety issue surrounding drug usage is the spread of diseases, such as AIDS, through injection drug use. According to a study in 1996 "Drug paraphernalia laws in 47 U.S. states make it illegal for injection drug users to posses syringes". (www.csdp.org/factbook/syringee.htm) This law effectively bans needle exchange programs (since they would be giving needles to drug users who are banned from having them). The study concluded that access to clean needles would reduce blood borne viruses in injection drug users. The legalization of drugs would also allow profitable research by pharmaceutical companies into safer drugs that produce similar psychoactive effects to the current illegal ones. New drugs could possibly decrease the negative health effects of drugs reducing the overall harm caused by current unhealthy drug use. (www.opiods.com) The safety gap between a legalized drug market and the black market is so enormous that it's amazing it's overlooked by policy makers who continue, with their arrogance, to push the drug market and its users further underground.


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