Drugs should not be legalized because there would be an increase in

drug abuse due to its availability. Legalized drugs would become cheaper and more

appealing to people who previously had not tried drugs. Addicts who tend to stop, not by

choice, would not stop because drugs would be more accessible if legalized.

The result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in denial. The good news is that the United States had 286 million dollars and 81,762 drug seizures due to drugs alone,
but the bad news is that the number of prisoners has reached 70 percent which will cost the taxpayers 30 million dollars a year to put them in jail annually. (U.S. Department of
Justice 1996). Also will the drugs have an effect on the worlds future children if made legal. There is a higher possibility of drug abuser parents if drugs are made legal.

For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There

have been escalating views on the war......

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Title: Against Drugs
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