I felt that this was a "catch-22" so to speak, if I chose option A, I could be arrested and thrown in jail, and if I chose option B, I would be forced to sit and watch a member of my family suffer.Another question presented in the CD-ROM was, "How would you urge the president to solve the drug problem?" The results of this question are as follows. 6% percent voted to legalize drugs, 14% voted to increase law enforcement, 23% voted to increase drug prevention awareness, 26% voted to give longer jail sentences to those who violate the laws pertaining to drugs, and 31%voted to use the military to stop drug flow. These results are for the most part self explanatory, but it is always good to have knowledge on how the U.S. perceives these issues. It is also apparent through these statistics is that the U.S. citizens are partial to one particular solution.
There have been arguments and debates for and against the legalization of drugs for a long time, although with practical and philosophical considerations at hand many different opinions arise. In the case of supply and demand, many say if you eliminate one or the other, either the supply or the demand, the problem should be solved. People also believe that there has to be a distinction between the harms that come from drugs, and the harms that result as an outcome of outlawing them. Americans who are against the legalization of drugs say that if drugs are legalized it will lead to guaranteed addiction, injury, and death to millions of Americans. And those who are for legalization say that the social cost for the "war on drugs" alone is far too great for a battle that is being lost. These groups of people also agree that if drugs were to be legalized there wouldn't be a great rise in drug abuse. What about controlled legalization? If there were controlled legalization it would eliminate illicit drug trafficking and its apparent evils.