drugs

            
            
             Drugs are a major influential force in our country today.
             problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being .
             considered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seems .
             to be a bit impossible. The war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a .
             lot but this is not true. Different options need to be considered. .
             Legalization is an option that hasn't gotten a chance but should be .
             given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would .
             increase the amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it .
             will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it .
             will increase our country's revenue. There are also many benefits .
             that can be uncovered to help people if legalization of marijuana is .
             given a chance.
             Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. .
             During Prohibition alcohol use was still sold and used, but people .
             were doing it illegally. The 21st amendment repealed prohibition and .
             alcohol taxes were increased. The same thing should happen with .
             drugs. Marijuana should be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. .
             Marijuana and other drugs would be made by the same people who make .
             aspirin so the quality would be assured, containing no poisons or .
             adulterants. Sterile hypodermic needles will be readily available at .
             corner drug stores. These could be taxed heavily because the users .
             will be assured of "clean drugs." .
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             Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money .
             spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step .
             ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another .
             one will show up somewhere else. We cannot win.In 1987, 10 billion .
             dollars were spent alone just on enforcing drug laws. Drugs accounted .
             for about 40 percent of all felony indictments in the New York City .
             courts in 1989. This figure is quadruple what it was in 1985. . Forty .
             percent of the people in federal prison are drug law violators? (Long .