Scientists
define drugs as any substance, solid, liquid, or gas that causes physical and
psychological changes. People are still arguing about drugs and their
legalization. Some people think that drugs should be legalized when some other
people think that should be illegalized. Most of the people that support
legalizing drugs lack logical reasons that can support their point of view.
Based on scientific and efficient reasons, there is no doubt that drugs should
be illegalized because of their harmful effects on health, social life, and
economy.
The
first main reason that people emphasize on to support their point of view about
illegalizing drugs is that drugs have many harmful effects on health. For
example, marijuana, when smoked, causes many short-terms and long-terms effects
on health. Firstly, marijuana causes memory and learning problems, coordination
problems, thinking and problem-solving problems. Moreover, the heart begins
beating more rapidly and the blood pressure drops a few minutes after smoking
marijuana. Researchers proved that the risk for a heart attack is four times
higher within the first hour after smoking marijuana. on the other hand, drugs
in general cause body pain, increase body temperature and cause repeated
convulsions. When drug users stop using it, they experience a
"crash" which includes depression, fatigue, lack of pleasure,
anxiety, irritability, sleepiness and a strong craving for more drugs.
On the other hand, people indicated many harmful effects of drugs on social life
in order to illegalize it and support their point of view. Robbery and violence
are directly connected with the drug consumed, and this is clearly seen in many
cities where drugs are the main cause involved in homicide. drugs are connected
with disunited families as well. Addicted parents rarely offer a safe life for
their children because the link between them and their children is always
destroyed. Many of these children run away from their parents because of their
parents' aimless behavior which is shown in the way they act with the people
around them, steal from their friends and family, and lose their job once they
find it. Moreover, drug abuse leads to physical abuse of children and family.
Drugs, especially when mixed with alcohol, can lead to violent behavior even
if the person is normally quiet and calm. Researches indicated that 17% of the
drug users are aggressive and violent, especially after taking drugs.
Thirdly,
drugs harmful effect on the economy is one of the reasons that support
illegalizing drugs. Drug abuse affects a fairly large segment of any country's
economy. statistics indicated that drugs trafficking makes about 8%
of international trade, which is 400$ billion approximately. Based on
what's mentioned above, it's easy to analyze how deep do drugs affect their
users' lives. An average addicted to drugs person needs about 1000$ to pay for
the drugs. This amount of money can easily affect anyone's life, and make it
worse and more difficult to the bread-maker of the family. The deficit the
drugs cause to the economy is clearly shown in those countries where drug
trafficking is widespread. All of those reasons proved to many countries that
drugs should be illegalized immediately and led them to put rules to make sure
that their economy is safe enough and able to survive in order to ensure a safe
life for the citizens.
In
conclusion, there is no doubt that drugs should be illegalized due to the
harmful effects on health, social life, and nations' economy. Governments
should spread out the idea that drugs destroy every single aspect of people's
life, starting from the way they think and act to the way they eat and wear.
Parents should play the main role in advising the new generations and making
sure that they are safe and close enough to a healthy happy life. We need a
capable society that supports healthy habits and encourages people to quit
their unhealthy ones. People should get a good lifestyle in order to get a
shiny future.
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