Many harsh approaches have been taken in drug control. Many include finding the source of the drugs and demolishing it. This has worked in some cases but what is there was another solution that the U.S. has not considered, but is proven to work in Europe? The U.S. war on drugs has been an ongoing struggle for a very long time. This battle of drug control has two sides and they include the supporters who think that the war has failed and the U.S. needs a new strategy of drug control and the critics who think that decriminalizing drugs will lead to unhealthy behavior, and then that will increase the amount of overdoses and contribute to the drug problem.
The beginning of this battle was when drugs where on the rise and measures were trying to …show more content…
Personally, I agree with what the supporters have to say because it seems that the methods that the critics are using has not really had a huge effect on the state of drug control. Some examples of this are "an average 78 Americans dying each day from overdoses of prescription opioid painkillers and heroin", resources stating that the drugs have now started to make a problem in the suburbia and rural areas, and the death toll from heroin has been tripled since 2010 (War on Drugs 1). To finally solve this problem, supporters have come up with new strategies that could help. For example, a strategy that has been used in Europe and considerately lowered overdoses and deaths is "supervised injection facilities, where an addict can bring heroin and inject it in a clean, safe environment under medical supervision, with easy access to counselors and treatment” (War on Drugs). Another thing that the supporters have is that many people would rather see others that have been involved with drugs to be under treatment for their problem instead of spending time in jail for a nonviolent crime (if the case wasn’t nonviolent, the outcome would be different). The way that the treatment works is that the person would first start in a clinic, then move onto someone else that has experience in the medical field like a family doctor, counselor near their living situation. This strategy has been set in motion along with making Naloxone (overdose-reversal drug) legal and over the
The beginning of this battle was when drugs where on the rise and measures were trying to …show more content…
Personally, I agree with what the supporters have to say because it seems that the methods that the critics are using has not really had a huge effect on the state of drug control. Some examples of this are "an average 78 Americans dying each day from overdoses of prescription opioid painkillers and heroin", resources stating that the drugs have now started to make a problem in the suburbia and rural areas, and the death toll from heroin has been tripled since 2010 (War on Drugs 1). To finally solve this problem, supporters have come up with new strategies that could help. For example, a strategy that has been used in Europe and considerately lowered overdoses and deaths is "supervised injection facilities, where an addict can bring heroin and inject it in a clean, safe environment under medical supervision, with easy access to counselors and treatment” (War on Drugs). Another thing that the supporters have is that many people would rather see others that have been involved with drugs to be under treatment for their problem instead of spending time in jail for a nonviolent crime (if the case wasn’t nonviolent, the outcome would be different). The way that the treatment works is that the person would first start in a clinic, then move onto someone else that has experience in the medical field like a family doctor, counselor near their living situation. This strategy has been set in motion along with making Naloxone (overdose-reversal drug) legal and over the