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This 4-page paper provides arguments favoring decriminalization of drugs and legalization of them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to find ways to successfully rid the country of hard drugs ranging from heroine to crack cocaine. The problem is, every policy thought by the U.S. government hasnt worked (although
in all fairness, Nancy Reagans "Just Say No" campaign during the 1980s at least built up awareness that doing drugs as a kid was NOT cool).
Due to the governments inefficiency at controlling drugs and the drug trade, there has been call for legalization of illegal drugs. There are many compelling arguments
to this, and in this paper, well review some of them. The most compelling argument heard about this particular situation involves the
stretch back to Prohibition. The Prohibition Act, passed during the 1920s, basically forbade the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States. This didnt stop the good people of
the country, though. Speakeasies and bootleggers did a booming business. And, in fact, dangerous mobs and organized crime flourished during Prohibition. Once FDR abolished Prohibition in 1933, organized crime took
a nosedive and mobs stopped killing one another over booze. The same argument almost a century later is used when it comes
to legalizing drugs. But these days it isnt mob criminals that are the problem, but international terrorists that are benefiting from the drug money (Achong, 2002). Another problem - efforts
on the part of the DEA havent really made a dent on importation of illegal drugs (Achong, 2002). Plus the current "criminal" system meant to "punish" drug users and dealers
is somewhat lopsided - while major overseas criminals go free to create and export more drugs to the U.S. and other destinations, more than two million people, who are guilty
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