Of all the so-called "psychoactive" substances, alcohol is the only one whose .
comsumption has been shown to commonly increase aggression. Only after large doses .
of illegal substances like cocaine, LSD, PCP, etc., certain individuals may experience .
violent and aggressive outbursts, but only because they more than likely have a .
preexisting psychosis. The illegal drugs that do result in violence more often than not are .
commonly related with drug marketing. One dealer walks on to another dealers "turf" .
and they get into it, guns fly, tempers flare, someone ends up dead. Major authorities .
agree that the vast majority of drug related violence is caused by the prohibition against .
drugs. One example of this type of prohibition increasing violence, look at what the .
alcohol prohibition did to te nation back in the early 1900s. Crime doubled its rates .
quickly. After the prohibition act was repealed crime dropped 65% (Schaffer, 1998). If .
crime could drop that much after letting alcohol be legal once more just think of what .
crime would be like if the illegal drugs were legalized.
Drug legalization could easily win the war on drugs that the US is fighting with .
other countries and even its own citizens. Legalization could possibly stop drug .
production in other countries. This could happen because if a drug like Marijuana was .
legalized, the government could regulate it, tax it, sell it, and put other drug lords and .
plantations out of business. Those who smuggle drugs over the borders would no longer .
need to do so because their "cash-crop" would be available through the governement. .
Another thing is that smugglers and dealers would be almost out of business because they .
would not be able to compete with the governement and be able to mantain a profit. In .
this way legalization could possibly stop drugs at the border. The money used to have .
guards and drug dogs at the border crossings could be cut drastically in half or even .