Drugs
Should drugs be legalized?
What is drug abuse?
Pros of legalization
- Law enforcement could focus more on crimes of violence, such as aggressive assault, child abuse, rape, and murder.
- The supply of drugs will not be rare.
- Mothers, fathers, and others taking drugs will not be arrested, so families will not be torn apart.
- Drug dealers will not have a rare supply of something, so they will not be a threat to the law.
Cons of legalization
- Drug addicts could be abusing their children and wrecking their family.
- We wouldn't be able to tell who the future criminals are, because the drugs they posses are legal.
- If they run out of supply, they could go on a murderous rampage.
- There would be a rise of crime.
- We would have a different social environment; most people would be "zombies."
- Children would do drugs because they wouldn't want to be made fun of.
Drugs should not be legalized
Work cited
"Don't Legalize Drugs." WSJ. Mr. Walters Is Director of the National Office of Drug-Control Policy., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.
Marshall, Donnie. "Drug Use Should Not Be Legalized." Drug Abuse. Ed. Roman Espejo. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "testimony before the United States House of Representatives, House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources." 1999. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
"Police Chief Magazine - View Article." Police Chief Magazine - View Article. The Official Publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
"Why Legalize Drugs? | LEAP." LEAP RSS. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.