Essay About Drug Legalization And Use Of Drugs

Drug Legalization by Seth Sprague
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I think that society should permit the use of drugs
for recreational purposes. After all, over twenty years of
troop sweeps, police actions and military rhetoric, the
evidence is all around us. The war on drugs has flopped. It
has been more then ineffective and has actually made things
worse. We as American citizens have to wake up and realize
that there will never be a “drug free” utopia that we have
been promised. People will always be willing to experiment
with their bodies and use drugs no-matter the cost involved
in doing so. It is our human nature to want things we cant
have and to crave addictive substances whether it is heroin
or that addictive chocolate bar in the express lane aisle
of your favorite grocery store. In this case we need to
permit new stimulants and legalize illegal drugs so that
American companies and tax paying citizens can profit.
If all drugs were legalized tomorrow, drug dealers,
terrorists funded by illegal drugs, and black market rings
would all suffer; if not permanently put out of business.
There would be no need for expensive anti-drug commercials
and D.A.R.E. type programs, which have only flooded the
minds of children with curiosity. “Also, taxpayers would
save billions each year, in fact through the Office of
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National Drug Control Policy, the federal government spends
an estimated $17 billion”. With the strain of drug related
policing removed, serious crimes could be given the
resources they deserve. This would free up more space in
our already overcrowded, uneconomical prison system, which
presently operates today. Also, the permittance of drugs
would only further demonstrate the freedom we have in our
democratic society.
Lets face it, drugs are harmful whether legal or
illegal, but the Pandoras Box is wide open and it is not
going to be shut, ever. There is no way to stop something
so big and with the range of getting drugged so broad and
endless from those drugs grown in the ground like
marijuana, produced in the basement like ecstasy or those
drugs legally available such as caffeine stimulants,
nicotine, paint thinners and glue. Illegal or not, they
can be found everywhere. Living in the city, suburbs and
rural America myself, I have discovered drugs to be
literally everywhere from my place of work, school or on
the street. These drugs are readily assessable and at
anyones grasp with the least craving or desire. The range
of drugs that can be swallowed, injected, snuffed or chewed
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is literally endless. We have to remember that whether
someone wants to do drugs is there personal choice and in
the end; theres alone. In this situation we need to take
action by allowing our pharmaceutical companies the ability
to produce safer drugs with the same effects as those on
the streets, this intern would allow American companies to
profit here and around the world, drug dealers to loose
their clout and to take the immediate burden of
the tax payers of this country.
The immediate effect of a legalized drug market would
be increased safety for drug users. All clean and natural
drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin are
pathologically harmless if taken in appropriate doses and
not tampered with in a lab before hand. A regulated drug
market would do just this and provide such safety for drug
users as consistent doses, lowering the likelihood of
overdoses with some drugs. Clear labeling, instructions,
and warnings like those listed by the surgeon general on a
pack of cigarettes would result in safer usage. The
legalization of drugs would allow pharmaceutical companies