Drugs Should NOT Be Legalized I remember when I was in High School over fifteen students got suspended or arrested for drug related incidents. Students were charged with possession, selling, or caught using drugs. Many students often used to show up to class high waiting to get caught. Do to the fact that so many students were getting caught in our school, the senior class decided to have a pro drug rally in the cafeteria. Over three hundred students showed up to support the issue. They were basically trying to legalize Marijuana. The students did make strong positive statements about the drug. They said it is used to treat cancer and AIDS patients. They felt that since it was natural and came from the Earth it was all right. However they did not talk about the negative effects on the drug. This event even made are local paper as well. This rally was talked about for months but they were obviously not successful in doing so. They felt that they did educate their audience very well.In issue number twelve the argument about if drugs should be legalized is at hand. Ethan A. Nadelman argues that drugs should be legalized for many reasons. He feels that if drugs were legalized it would drastically cut the crime rate in our society. Jails would be less crowded as well. He relates drugs to the prohibition of alcohol. He feels that if we do legalize drugs crime would decrease, and there would be a new market created to consumers. This would also create money for the government through taxes. This could drastically change our economy.I on the other hand agree with David T. Courtwright and feel that drugs should not be legalized. Just imagine if everyone had access to drugs, people would be on a constant high. The world would not function properly like this. The overall drug abuse rate would be at a all time high and hospitals would be filled with overdose patients. This would also cause health insurance to increase as well. There would be mo...
