Illicit Drug Legalization: Could that be an option to improve our society?
Drug legalization has been considered one of the most complex social issues in the U.S. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there was an estimated 9.2% of the American population using illicit drugs, which means an increase from the 8.3% in 2002 (NIDA). Drug consumption and its effects is related to crime, public health, terrorism, and economic issues according to Romero, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times. That is why a polemic discussion has been generated in different approaches, mostly personal, and grounded in erroneous beliefs, which leads us to discuss the feasibility of a tolerant policy towards drugs. Since there are different points …show more content…
The drug trade in these countries have contributed to social ailments such as the deterioration of human relationships, family disintegration, grade school dropout and an endless list of violence victims. I firmly believe that drug legalization could help reduce a very large number of social problems, provided that these are attached to health care policies. In this paper I discuss different points of view about this problem, I present the current situation, and also, I assert my position in favor of …show more content…
government invest billions of dollars in a futile drug war that seems to lead to nowhere. According to the UN, drug trafficking generates $ 400,000 million annually, which represents 8% of world trade, comparable with the textile industry (UN Millennium Project 23). With this in mind, we understand logically that if drugs are legalized, then money would not be squandered in the fight against cartels, improving the economy. Besides, knowing that legal drug sale would be a great source of investment that makes very good profits. It is assumed that if these earnings are obtained the government would know how to take good advantage; either by building new schools for poor children, encouraging the growth of small businesses, creating jobs, developing housing, or creating any other project especially for the benefit of
Drug legalization has been considered one of the most complex social issues in the U.S. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there was an estimated 9.2% of the American population using illicit drugs, which means an increase from the 8.3% in 2002 (NIDA). Drug consumption and its effects is related to crime, public health, terrorism, and economic issues according to Romero, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times. That is why a polemic discussion has been generated in different approaches, mostly personal, and grounded in erroneous beliefs, which leads us to discuss the feasibility of a tolerant policy towards drugs. Since there are different points …show more content…
The drug trade in these countries have contributed to social ailments such as the deterioration of human relationships, family disintegration, grade school dropout and an endless list of violence victims. I firmly believe that drug legalization could help reduce a very large number of social problems, provided that these are attached to health care policies. In this paper I discuss different points of view about this problem, I present the current situation, and also, I assert my position in favor of …show more content…
government invest billions of dollars in a futile drug war that seems to lead to nowhere. According to the UN, drug trafficking generates $ 400,000 million annually, which represents 8% of world trade, comparable with the textile industry (UN Millennium Project 23). With this in mind, we understand logically that if drugs are legalized, then money would not be squandered in the fight against cartels, improving the economy. Besides, knowing that legal drug sale would be a great source of investment that makes very good profits. It is assumed that if these earnings are obtained the government would know how to take good advantage; either by building new schools for poor children, encouraging the growth of small businesses, creating jobs, developing housing, or creating any other project especially for the benefit of