Drug Legalization

Title: Drug Legalization
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics | Words: 1078 | Pages: 4.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Drug Legalization

Although it is apparent that America’s drug plague is reaching epidemic proportions, costing US taxpayers an estimated 20 billion dollars in a year, the legalization of drugs cannot be economically justified. Despite pro-legalization arguments, the estimated economic benefit that would be derived from the legalization of drugs would not compare to the enormous social-economic costs that would result. The main assumption that is made concerning the legalization of drugs is that taxes on drugs could …showed first 75 words of 1078 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1078 total…is attributed to drug control activities. That equates to roughly 1.5% of total state and local spending. When taken in context, these obligations demonstrate the need for greater resources. Legalization would only lead to a greater burden on the economy. Other nations have learned that legalization only leads to more addicts and greater social consequences. While there are problems with the current “War on Drugs”, the argument for legalization only sets the country back even further.

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