Firstly, legalizing drugs will increase addiction. A lot of individuals don’t comprehend on how others become addicted to drugs. They think that these individuals who use drugs lack sufficient responsibility to simply stop using drugs and end their addiction. In reality, what is drug addiction? “Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences” (Volkow, 2016) The decision leading to taking drugs is optional for most individuals, but after taking it once and having a repeating pattern can develop to brain changes that fight an addicted individual’s restraint and obstructs their ability to defy against taking drugs. The most common type of drug addictions are heroin, cracked cocaine and ecstasy. Heroin
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Individuals usually take ecstasy as it gives a euphoric effect on their body and mind. According to http://www.teenchallenge.ca/get-help/educational-resources/drug-abuse-facts, These are the statistics of the most commonly drug addiction abuse in Canada. “About one Ontario student in 50 (2%) said he or she had used crack at least once in the past year. This is about 19,300 students, Toronto has roughly 1-2 cocaine deaths per 100,000 - Vancouver has almost 30 and in Canada, cocaine is the most common drug of injection users, followed by heroin, and heroin is the 3rd most commonly injected drug by street youth in Canada” (Muir, 2017). Legalizing drugs would mean it gives people more accessibility to drugs and it wouldn’t be a crime for them if they took the drugs. It would increase addiction because once you take a drug It corrupts the body into taking more and this leads to many long-term addictions which you can not get rid of easily. The more the drugs are easily accessible the more people will take advantage and use
Individuals usually take ecstasy as it gives a euphoric effect on their body and mind. According to http://www.teenchallenge.ca/get-help/educational-resources/drug-abuse-facts, These are the statistics of the most commonly drug addiction abuse in Canada. “About one Ontario student in 50 (2%) said he or she had used crack at least once in the past year. This is about 19,300 students, Toronto has roughly 1-2 cocaine deaths per 100,000 - Vancouver has almost 30 and in Canada, cocaine is the most common drug of injection users, followed by heroin, and heroin is the 3rd most commonly injected drug by street youth in Canada” (Muir, 2017). Legalizing drugs would mean it gives people more accessibility to drugs and it wouldn’t be a crime for them if they took the drugs. It would increase addiction because once you take a drug It corrupts the body into taking more and this leads to many long-term addictions which you can not get rid of easily. The more the drugs are easily accessible the more people will take advantage and use