Banning Hand Guns
Legalizing Drugs
1. Introduction and thesis
Drug legalization is resisted by a large quantity of American citizens and people around the globe. Leaders in drug prevention, education, treatment, and law enforcement are highly against it, as are many political leaders. I also argue that the legalization of drugs is wrong and would be detrimental to our society. I have seen many of my friend's and even some members of my family's lives go down the drain in a matter of months due to excessive drug use. There is no way shape or form that the government or the police could control the use and abuse of drugs. They can not do it now, what makes them think that legalizing the harmful substances that they try to control everyday, would solve any problems?
2. Argument and Explanation
Reason 1: First off I think that legalizing all drugs is a ticking time bomb about to explode, and as soon as they do legalize everything the bomb is going to explode across America. The easy access to drugs is a leading component affiliated with increased drug use. I know that my friends who are drug abusers would have a field day, the scary thing is, is that I only know several drug addicts; think about all people in all the cities in all the states who have serious addictions. Anyone who thinks for a minute that something like legalizing drugs in America could be controlled is out of their mind. It is called a tolerance to a substance. Once the fiends and addicts get their fix automatically their tolerance level goes up and up over a matter of time. Increased use of addictive substances leads to increased addiction. That is all it would be, a matter of time till everything falls apart. No good will ever come out of drugs.
Reason 2: I believe that the legalization of drugs would further the reduction of our quality of life. Many drug users commit child and spouse abuse, murder, rape, robbery, destruction of property and other horrible crimes while...
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