Essay About Legalizing All Drugs

When we hear about legalizing all drugs most people will automatically think about the bad things that would happen, but there is evidence that there are benefits to legalizing all drugs. According to many sources the legalization of all drugs would bring many benefits to the community. Legalization of all drugs would lower crime, provide more money for the state and reduce the amount of prisoners in jails.
First when people think about drugs they think that they are the reason for crime and to some extent that’s true and so people have tried to ban all drugs but this is a bad idea. History has proven that if you make something unattainable then people will have the urge to want it. In the article Why all drugs should be legal (Yes even heroin) Miron states how “prohibiting a good does not eliminate the market for that good”. This statement by Miron has a lot of truth to it an example of this was the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s. During the time of prohibition it was impossible to buy alcohol legally so people started to get desperate during that time. Criminals would sell alcohol in the black market and would kill anyone that …show more content…
According to urban75.com Holland has some of the least harsh drug laws and “drug usage is amongst the lowest in Europe”. Also in making drugs legal the cost of all drugs would be cheaper and many people would be able to have a normal job and have be able to buy drugs without resorting to getting money illegally. With the legalization of drugs certain drugs could be made safer. Legalization of drugs would make it possible to conduct studies in order to find out ways to make drugs safer for the consumer. Legalization of all drugs would not only benefit the government but it would also benefit the society in reducing jail population, lowering crime and making profits from drug