Legalization Of Drugs

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using illicit drugs is much less than of using drugs
like alcohol or cigarettes and the consequences will be diminished.
Illicit drugs can and will be made safer than they are in the present
system. In making comparisons, the best is to look at how countries are
functioning that have less enforcement on drugs and what the statistics
were after drugs were decriminalized. Within the last thirty years many
groups have their attempts. The use of drugs is a victimless crime much
like homosexuality. Homosexuals have fought for a great deal of freedom
that is based on their basic human rights; the right to make decisions and
act freely based on what is protected under the Constitution, so long as
anyone else is not affected. Economically, the production of drugs in the
United States would benefit the financial well being of the American
government and people. Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus
resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more ...

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and
agents were brought under civil service protection to eliminate corruption
and improve professionalism. In that same year, President Hoover
appointed a blue-ribbon commission to evaluate enforcement efforts and
recommend reforms. Three years later Prohibition was over and alcohol was
legalized.(Boaz, pps.49©50) Immediately, the bootlegger stopped running
around the streets supplying illicit contraband. People stopped worrying
about drunks mugging them in the streets or breaking into their apartments
to get funds to buy a pint of wine. We now deal with alcohol abuse as a
medical problem. Let us deal with the drug problem in the same way. Let
us try not to repeat the mistakes of ...

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