Drugs Should NOT be Legal :: Against Legalization of Drugs

Drugs Should NOT be LegalEvery single agrees that something must be done about the dire physicaland emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuseof drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the mostserious problems in todays world, threatening the security and freedom of wholenations. Politicians, health experts and much of the general public feel that noissue is more than important than drug abuse. Americas other pressing socialproblems- disease, p all overty, child abuse and neglect, and corruption- often havea common element that is drug abuse. The use of black-market drugs such as cocaine,crack, heroin and marijuana cause extensive harm to the body and brain. Yet,even after knowing this many people want unratified drugs to be legalized in everyaspect. The last thing we need is a policy that makes widely availablesubstances that impair memory, concentration and attention span wherefore in Godsname foster the uses of drugs th at make you stupid? The campaign for druglegalization is morally disgusting.The number of people who are addicted toillegal drugs or are users of these drugs is quite shocking. Drug abuse isclearly an injurious and sometimes fatal problem. The leaders of theinternational economic summit in Paris in July 1989 concluded that thedevastating proportions of the drug problem calls for decisive action. OnSeptember 5, 1989, President Bush called upon the coupled States to join in anall-out fight against drugs. The United States Congress reports an estimated 25to 30 million addicts of illegal drugs worldwide. Not all users are addicts, butsome of the 26 million regular users of illegal drugs in the United States areaddicted. Reports of child abuse to New York social services tripled between1986 and 1988 and most of the cases involved drug abuse. Approximately 35percent of the inmates of narrate prison were under the influence of illegal drugsat the time they committed the crimes for which they are incarcerated. In someparts of the country, that percentage is as high as 75 to 80 Another fact thathits people hard is that out-right deaths from illegal drugs have quadrupled inthe last ten years The proportion of 19 to 22 year olds who were at risk fromusing illegal drugs rose from 44 percent in 1980 to 69 percent in 1987. Among17-18 year olds the shift over the same interval was from 50 percent to 74percent (Williams 226) The abuse of illegal drugs is very threatening toAmericas future. These drugs are the cause of many problems and crimes.