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This 5 page paper takes a strong position on the legalization of drugs. The paper supports the view that drugs should be legalized and that doing so will prompt economic benefits for society. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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the war on drugs is expensive and other nations have chosen to treat drug abuse as a problem needing treatment, not punishment. This is a more humane and practical mode
of intervention. While something should be done about the problem if illegal drug use, as there are deaths blamed on this social problem, treatment is the answer. In part, the
death and destruction that results from dirty needles and crime is in large part a result of the black market trade, and not the drugs per se. In other words,
if there were no laws against drugs, there would be no black market and the government could tax the substance that really hurts no one but the user. Finally, some
drugs are more addictive than others and certain substances like marijuana can actually be healthful and beneficial to society. In fact, the medicinal marijuana movement has been quite strong in
recent years as the substance is known to mitigate the problems associate with chemotherapy in cancer patients. While legalization of drugs is probably socially beneficial, it also is a
cost-effective alternative. What are the costs of fighting the war on drugs? Several years ago, Bill Clinton approved a $17 billion anti-drug campaign ("To decertify," 1998). That alone is reason
to note that the cost of fighting this losing war is quite hefty. Aside from that there are intangible costs. The crime rate is up. One might say that crime
is reduced by the number of available policeman on American forces (Buckley & Nadelmann, et al., 1996). Yet, when looking at crimes relationship to the war on drugs, it has
been shown that 400,000 policemen would be freed to pursue criminals if they were not engaged in drug related activity (1996). The utilitarian position would be to
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