Legalize illicit drugs
...vernment sell and tax drugs could be spent on many positive reinforcements, for example, education, medical research, social security, etc. Drugs are a main cause of crime and are the focus points of many gangs. Many drug users find themselves desperate for money they need in order to buy drugs. As a result many users turn to crime as a solution. Having the government control the distribution of drugs would eliminate the demand for drugs in the black market. The government could sell the drugs at a much lower cost. Therefore the crime rate would drop because the criminals could more than likely be able to afford them and illegal dealers or gangs would be unable to compete with the government. The reasoning behind this argument is the wasteful spending of American tax dollars to run our prison systems in this country. Since a majority of people in prison have been convicted of some sort of drug affiliation. If narcotics were legal this would cease the expense of jailing all the convicts booked on drug charges. This in turn would save billions of tax payers’ money that would have been spent on prisoners. Our government could then use that money or it could remain in the pockets of you, the tax payer. Outlawing certain substances has been unsuccessful thus far in America’s past. When the government banned alcohol in the 1920’s people continued to consume it anyways. All the Prohibition movement did was create a black market for alcohol. Then the government realized what they tried to control became out of control and put an end to Prohibition. The same reaction has taken place as a result of outlawing drugs. Drugs are highly illegal and yet people still continue to use them. Vigorous prohibition of illicit drugs causes more drug use and a preference for harder drugs. Prohibition also affects the way drugs ar...