My position on this issue is that street drugs should not be legalized My main reasons for this conclusion are: Premise 1: They have no beneficial purpose Premise 2: It would affect the lives of kids even more Premise 3: This would endanger the lives of others even more Most street drugs have no beneficial purposes. There are not any street drugs that I can think of besides marijuana that can be used for medical purposes. The benefits of most street drugs are that they get you high, knock you out, or put your mind in a state where you don’t even realize you are actually doing certain things.Clearly none of what I stated are really benefits. These drugs actually cause harm. We all may know of someone or heard of someone whom has overdosed on drugs.
Some of these drugs cause so much brain damage that it can cause people to have seizures or go into cardiac arrest. I know of someone that took the wrong kind of drug and now they are messed up mentally and physically. It is hard for them to do things that we find should be easy to do. So this within itself proves that these drugs have no positive benefits.If these drugs were legalized it would make it way easier for kids to get their hands on these harmful drugs.
The reason I state this is because people would not be afraid to sell these drugs to kids. Even though I am sure there are cases now where kids are given drugs more people are aware of the consequences. But if these drugs were made legal I’m sure these drug dealers would feel no remorse when selling these types of drugs to minor. Furthermore there would probably be more parents becoming addicted to these drugs which will cause even more children to suffer.We have to put into the perspective of how many people are addicted to prescription drugs that may hide it and live regular everyday lives. Therefore we can only imagine what would happen if these drugs became legal Last but not least, making these drugs legal will endanger the lives of others even more.
If we think about just how many people die or are injured because of drunk driving every year we should have enough reason not to legalize street drugs. These drugs will only put more people under the influence while driving.Therefore we will have to deal with more wrecks and sadly more deaths. Even the fact that these drugs take over people minds will also raise the crime rates.
You will probably have more people robbing and stealing just to maintain the addictive habits that come with most of these drugs. I have witnessed a few homes be torn apart and lives completely changed because of the use of some type of street drugs. People should realize that if something is made illegal that maybe it is for a reason.We have to think about the lives of our children and people in our community that this could affect if these drugs were made legal.
I personally lost someone very dear to me over the selling of street drugs. This is something that my family and I have been dealing with for 14y years now, and even though it seems like a long time ago, it is something that we have yet to get over. If we legalize street drugs we will only have more unnecessary deaths caused by something so dangerous. I personally hope that street drugs are never legalized.
