Debate on the Legalization of Recreational Drugs
Debate on the Legalization of Recreational Drugs Recreational drugs are not new to our country. ... Since that time there have been heated debates on the subject of legalization. Recreational drugs should not be legalized. There are studies that have been conducted producing the facts that drugs are addictive. Addiction to recreational drugs, health deterioration and the cost to society are all good reasons drugs should and will forever remain illegal. Although there is always an opposition to every argument, the reasons put fourth for the legalization of recreational drugs is far outweighed by the realism of the supporters for a continued ban. Some of the claims that activists for the legalization of drugs are how the legalization of drugs would dramatically reduce street crime, the cost to the American taxpayer, and the physical and moral costs to society, which means if drugs were legalized then the F. ... In the past few years the illegal recreational drug trade has invaded high schools and college campuses. ... These early actions may be grounds of forming an addiction to one or more illicit drugs. ... 5 million Americans age 12 and older are chronic cocaine users, 83 million or 33% of Americans age 12 and older have tried marijuana (which is considered a gateway drug to “harder” drugs), and in 1998 approximately 2.