Legalizing Drugs to Win the War on Drugs

The validation of medicine has been an issue in politics for a long time. Many people think that the validation of drugs will give the government more control and there will be less crime on the streets. Another issue is that the government will be able to profit money off the drugs and be able to control prices and what age you will have to be to be able to buy the drug.

On the issue of less crime on the streets I think that with the government controlling drugs there will be no drug dealers on the streets and no underage people using the drugs. This will lessen the crimes by minors and by students in our schools. People can also turn this issue around and compare the legalization to smoking and alcohol. Minors have found ways to buy beer and cigarettes so why wouldn?t they find ways to buy drugs that were legalized. With the government regulating the drug they can control how much is sold and how much can be consumed by the buyer.

It seems as if the cry of "legalize drugs!" is heard everywhere. Some argue that legalizing drugs is the way to "win" the drug war. Drug enforcement does place a burden on us. Economic resources are used up that could be used elsewhere. But the consequences of legalizing drugs would make an already large problem out of control. If one examines the arguments behind drug legalization, it becomes apparent that legalizing drugs won't solve any of our Nation's drug problems.

The main argument is: individuals have the right to do as they choose, provided it doesn?t harm anyone else. They choose to put the drugs inside their body, and have the right to make this choice. I understand this argument. Our government does limit individuals' rights with laws. But this argument has flaws.

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In my opinion we will never see the legalization of drugs. The government thinks that the legalization of drugs will cause chaos in the United States and throughout the world. If you think about it, who made each drug illegal? When did we decide that marijuana should be and illegal drug. Who knows our ancestors could have smoked weed when this country was first formed. I think that the legalization of drugs should happen. I have always believed that a lot of people go out and do things just because people say you shouldn?t do them. I believe that the legalization of drugs would cause the use of drugs to decline. People will not want to use the drug and they will not want to pay the high prices the government would put on them. There are many pros and cons you could bring up on the legalizing of drugs. I just hope I am around to see the control on drugs.