The argument on whether drugs should be legalized has been going on for so long now. Some people say as an Americans we have the right to choose whether we want to do drugs or not. It is really hard to control the consumption of drugs, because people are going to do them whether they are legal or illegal. Other people say that the laws that are being enforced now are good to control drugs. “There will also be more unpublicized fatal and maiming crashes, more job accidents, more child neglect, more of everything associated with substance abuse”(M. Kendrecke). This is something that nobody wants, but are some of the consequences that come along with drug legalization. I do not feel that the American people are ready for things like this, but want drugs to be legalized. Some politicians like Bunny Calvin think that drugs should be legalized in the United States. He states that our
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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an estimated 20 million Americans aged 12 and older have used an illegal drug in the past 30 days. The fact that drugs are illegal does not stop people from doing them or purchasing them. People also abuse alcohol and get addicted to it knowing the risk. People are fully away of both risk of these two and how addictive, but do care. Drugs are worse than alcohol the consequence of drugs are severe depending on what drug it is and if the person uses it often. Vidal states it best “Some people will always become drug addicts just as some people will always become alcoholics. It is just too bad” (Gore Vidal). The truth is nobody can tell if a person is going to be addicted or not. But people can control whether they do or not and how much their lives are worth to them along with the people they love. Addiction to drugs will never be stopped, because of the thrill and high that it gives
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an estimated 20 million Americans aged 12 and older have used an illegal drug in the past 30 days. The fact that drugs are illegal does not stop people from doing them or purchasing them. People also abuse alcohol and get addicted to it knowing the risk. People are fully away of both risk of these two and how addictive, but do care. Drugs are worse than alcohol the consequence of drugs are severe depending on what drug it is and if the person uses it often. Vidal states it best “Some people will always become drug addicts just as some people will always become alcoholics. It is just too bad” (Gore Vidal). The truth is nobody can tell if a person is going to be addicted or not. But people can control whether they do or not and how much their lives are worth to them along with the people they love. Addiction to drugs will never be stopped, because of the thrill and high that it gives