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... Although drugs pose obvious life-affecting problems, legalization of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs will allow the government to control usage more effectively and allow addicts to find help more easily. Legalization will lower the crime rate and boost the economy. Under legalization stronger restrictions will have to be applied to keep drug use under control. ... I will show that the legalization of drugs would reduce crime, help the American economy, and uphold our basic constitutional rights.
The legalization of drugs would reduce crime. The term “drug-related” crime is very misleading. ... Since drugs are now legal, there would be no use for drug dealers, forcing them to clean up their act (Block 528).
Third, the drug cartels would be pushed out of business. ... The drug revenues would also stay right here in America, helping our revenue, not some other country. Finally, with the legalization of drugs, formerly illegal activities would become socially accepted business transactions (Block 528).
An example of how legalization of drugs would reduce crime is the Prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s. ... “Drugs do not cause crime, the illegal status of drugs causes all of the so-called ‘drug related crimes’” (Swisher 50). ...
With the legalization of drugs, you will be giving America back one of its basic constitutional rights.
Approximate Word count = 1026
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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