Should Drugs be legalized?

Is drug legalization a good idea?

 

Many people think drugs should be legal as is alcohol. Others think not so much. Many people think that most drugs should stay illegal and just have marijuana legal in all states. If people wanted drugs to become legal it would not be that hard to win that debate. According to brookings.edu the amount of people who do drugs illegally is insane and would stay the same if it was legal.

 

Why I think drugs should be illegal. Unlike alcohol, drugs can cause you with way more side effects than alcohol. Drugs are much more addictive and harmful. Many people who do drugs and go to rehab will still continue to do them because of how addicting they are. There are not many treatments on solving drug habits where there is alcohol. Making drugs legal may cause more people to start doing them and get addicted. Making them legal will not stop any more drug crimes than there already are. If anything keeping drugs illegal will make people more scared to do them then as they would be if drugs were legal.

 

On the other hand drugs could be legal in many ways. People could fight with the argument that they are just as addictive as many alcohols. Some people may argue that drug legalization will stop drug problems. Again I don’t think it would stop the problems, if anything I think it would make them worse because people will be less scared of hiding their drug habits from their loved ones because of the legalization. I do think that marijuana should be legal in all states however, because many people go out of their way to get marijuana. Marijunana is also used as a painkiller in many hospitals and does not cause as much harm as other drugs would.

 

Drug legalization is a big debate in the United States right now and may soon make harmful drugs legal. I see no issue with making marijuana legal, but many issues with making other harmful drugs legal. In my opinion I think that the one drug should be the only legalized one so people do not get addicted to other drugs that are much more harmful than alcohol and marijuana.

 

Do you think all drugs should be legal?

 

Do you think that drugs are as addictive as alcohol?

 

Should just marIjuana be legal?

 

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/drug-legalization-time-for-a-real-debate/ 

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/against-legalization-drugs-1 

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    • I agree with you I also think it would cause larger addictions.

  • I don't think that all drugs should be legalized. I believe that marijuana is very important for medical use. It often helps those considered to be in a large amount of pain. Recreational use is a different story, I think that it could be used moderately to keep some people from abusing it.

    • I agree with you with marijuana and think that it does help people in large pain.

  • I don't think that all drugs should be legalized. Marijuana is legal for medical purposes, but others can be dangerous to the human body and can result in death. Drugs are just as addictive, if not more, than alcohol. Even though marijuana is legal, some people still misuse it. 

    • I agree with you that some people mis use it, but the same goes for alcohol.

  • I do not think that all drugs should be legal. I feel that it would not be terrible for marijuana to be legal because it has some benefits for people's health. I also think that since marijuana is legal is so many other states if wouldn't be a bad idea. However, some drugs are the way to dangerous and shouldn't be legal. 

    • I agree w2ith you strongly marijunana is not bad but other drugs do cause a lot of problems.

  • I don't think that every drug should be legal. I think drugs are way more addictive then alcohol is but it hits eveyrone differently. Marijuana should be legal for many different reaosns.

    • I agree with you, I think other drugs are very hurtful, but marijuana is not bad.

  • I do not think that all drugs should be legal. I do think that drugs are as addictive or more adictive as alcohol because of what is in it and what it can do to the body. I think that they should make all of the drugs ilegal even marljuana becase you can take other stuff the drugs in the world.

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