Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

While the War on Drugs has helped reduce illicit drug use to some degree, our government should surrender in the War on Drugs as the progress has been brutally insignificant, the consequences have heavily outweighed the benefits, and theres are many other solutions that are considerably more effective and far less abrasive to communities. Our government should surrender in the War on Drugs as the progress has been brutally insignificant As the progress of the War on Drugs Quote #1: "Nowadays…

the Declaration of Independence and two years before winning independence from Great Britain. During this time, states acted like independent countries and federal government lacked the power it has today. The national government was comprised of a single legislature called the “Congress of the Confederation”. There was no executive or judicial branch. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the…

of the drug on to the streets. Rather than trying to discourage the production of opium in Afghanistan, the United States should encourage the licit production of the drug for medical purposes. According to the International Narcotics Control Board, 80% of the world’s population faced a shortage of opium based medicines. Opium is the key ingredient in producing demerol, codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and non-medicinal heroine used to wean substance abusers off of the drug.…