The debate about whether drugs should be legal or not has been a long one. Now, that we have jumped into the 21st century, one would assume questions like this would be easy to answer. Should we allow people to just take drugs at will, whether they be soft drugs like marijuana or hard drugs like cocaine? Because society has changed so much since prohibition and the like we could ask whether we have come far enough in time to just govern ourselves. Making drugs illegal only created larger problems. Overcrowding in our correctional system, more taxes spent on governing drug trafficking, and less focus on what could potentially be an even bigger problem. What the cause of drug use by so many Americans might be.
I cannot honestly say that I believe drugs should be legal. I do see that drugs" being illegal criminalizes someone's choice to do drugs. So looking at a constitutional point of view, I say not. We pay in so many ways because drugs are illegal, such as taxes for law enforcement to chase drug dealers or overcrowded prisons for drug offenders. This in of itself seems a bit hypocritical, as many of the prisoners are using large amounts of drugs inside. We find our communities and schools over ridden by those making a buck selling the drugs that we as a society pretend to find so illicit. What is illegal; allowing someone who does so very little for our society, to reap benefits that are typically afforded only to the elite, or allowing soft drugs such as marijuana to be used by those who are knowledgeable enough to make that choice. Taking the balloon out of the sales by decriminalizing might increase use or buying the product initial, with sort of an on sale now type of idea. However, later might be decreased by the novelty effect wearing off and the lack of profit being made by the drug dealers or importers. How much money would we save by decriminalizing marijuana and the like? .
Should drugs be legal? ... By tobacco being legal, this is just one of the many reasons why drugs should be legal. ... Since drugs would be legal, drug crimes would go down. ... Drugs being legal brings up the question of moral judgement. ... Drugs should be legalized. ...
It is my honest opinion that our nation would be better off if all illicit drugs were legal. I do not think that drugs have a positive influence of the life of users in the vast majority of cases, however I think that far more problems are created by making drugs illegal than those solved by outlawing drugs. ... Since drugs can not legally be sold in any stores, they are sold by gangsters in the streets. ... In Amsterdam, where marijuana is legal, 20% of adolescents have smoked marijuana. ... I strongly believe that illicit drugs should be legal, yet strictly regulated by the governm...
My view about this problem is that, governments should legalize this kind of illegal drugs. ... When I was 15 I had to take a stand: do I take drugs or not? ... The last thing I would like to point is that it's well known there are a lot of legal medications which are terribly bad for our health, especially anti-depressants. ... So we are facing of one of the social and governmental hypocrisy: segregation and discrimination of illegal drug consumers but a lack of recognition for legal drug addicts. In this case we are harming those people who don't know they are addicted because doct...
Should Drugs Be Legalized? ... "Drug proponents assert that their personal sovereignty should be respected over any government agenda, including the war on drugs." ... Once legalized, drugs would become cheaper and more accessible to people who previously had not participated in drug use, because of the high price or the legal risk. ... Addicts who tend to stop, not by choice, but because the drugs aren't accessible would now feed the addiction if drugs were made legal. ... Drug efforts would be futile because users would have no legal incentive to stop taking drugs. ...
All recreational drugs should be legalized. ... If tobacco and alcohol are legal, then illicit drugs should be legal too. ... If drugs become legal, it will end a lot of violence. ... Drug trafficking will be stopped if drugs become legal. In conclusion, drugs should be completely legal. ...
So many people are killed every year from legal drugs so why not just make more drugs legal and even more readily available this makes no sense. ... In actuality, crime will rise when drugs are legal because more people will be taking drugs. ... Should the government tell our children that drug use is ok? ... With all the problems that we have with legal drugs I can not see making more drugs legal, it will just make a bigger problem to solve. ... Legalizing hard drugs is not the answer and never should be....
Should Drug testing be legal? ... Due to this incident and many others, drug testing should be enforced because it provides drug using athletes an unfair advantage, can eliminate any potential drug related health problems. ... Finally, Morris was tested for drugs and failed by testing positive for steroids and other illegal drugs. ... Many feel drug abuse is a disease and that athletes should be screened for drug abuse just as they are checked for other medical conditions. ... No matter how strenuous the circumstances may be, every one deserves that right of privacy and no individual shoul...
Drugs: Should Be Legalized Our societies are decaying due to an incessant war against drugs. Effects of this war like assault, property crime, racial and economic decriminalization, murder, corruption, and many other undesirable things are developing and burning through societies fueled by the lack of determination between whether or not drugs should be legalized. ... Legalization is an option that should be heavily considered. ... The same thing should happen with drugs. ... This concept simply means making legal and creating a strategy so that "the hard-core addict would receive the opti...
Should drugs be legal? ... But people from the second are going to lean toward the opinion that they need drugs to make life better. ... It has been quite proven that almost any drug caused the premature death of its users. ... Who are we to say that it is wrong for the down on their luck to use drugs at random and have sex at random? ...
