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Medicalizing Drugs - Paper

Medicalizing Drugs

When reading these articles about the legalization of heroin or any other drug, I immediately began to think about our countries now famous welfare system. Welfare I believe began sometime back in the 1960's, by a group of politicians, which were concerned with helping individuals who were unable to care for themselves. Some individuals whether it be mentally or physically could not care for themselves and depended on someone else to help them function in society. Many Americans abuse the welfare system, it is actually at a point where it is being abused so badly and we do not even have the resources to stop the abuse. These individuals are more than capable of supporting themselves ...

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the problem as feasible." This statement is ludicrous, it would not change society in the slightest other than we would now have higher taxes in order to support these individuals drug habit. These individuals would now have no reason to try and better themselves in society, which means they would continue to depend on the American public to support them.
People that are on drugs have no respect for themselves much less anyone else. They have fallen to a very low point in their lives and do not have the strength or the knowledge of how to pick themselves up and out of the situation they are in. We must give them some hope that there is solution to their problem and teach them how to change their lives for the better. Doing as Alan has suggested will only pull them down even further to a point where they have no hope of ever being productive in society. Alan now also states that "Today's addict is simply not deterred by the law." This statement is true, and the reason why is ...

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Added: 4/10/2005 01:51:58 AM
Category: Legal Issues
Type: Premium Paper
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Pages: 3

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