All drugs should be legal.

Illicit drug use has been relevant ever since the dawn of humanity and ever since drug use has been relevant, there have been attempts to restrict it. The majority of attempts have failed and as time progresses it appears as if drug use shall never be eliminated. I will be presenting why I think that all drugs should be legalized. The first reason why I believe all drugs should be legal is that in a truly free country, you should be able to do what you wish regardless of whether people agree or disagree with your actions as long as no one is physically or legally effected. A common counter argument to this stance is that illicit drug use affects your loved ones and simply hurts their feelings. This, however, is flawed due to the fact that everyone has different feelings and reactions to certain events due to each individual having different brain chemistry. Personally, if my father or son decided to smoke cannabis I would not be emotionally affected because that is his choice. My neighbor, however, may have a different view and be strongly affected by it emotionally because he thinks it decreases productivity. This does not mean it should be illegal due to the fact that emotions should not regulate laws because they are irrelevant. I think mimes are intimidating, this does not mean they should be ban because again, my feelings are irrelevant. To summarize, I think drugs should be legal because the state should not mandate what I put in my body, I should, simply because it is my body. Not the states. The second reason why I believe that drugs should be legal is that it increases the number of jobs and stimulates the economy. By legalizing marijuana the number of marijuana dispensaries has obviously increased. In Colorado, 10,000 jobs were made available just from legalizing the use of marijuana and are expected to increase by 700% over the next 5 years according to theoakstreatment. com along with www. whaxy. com and mjbizdaily. com which states there have been 25,000 jobs created. The result would be the same if LSD or heroin was legalized. Heroin needs people to grow it which creates more farming jobs and LSD along with MDMA needs intelligent chemists to synthesize it and purify it which would give intellectuals higher paying jobs. When these drugs are taxed it also can provide kids with a better education if the tax money is used effectively. The tax dollars could even be used to develop rehabilitation centers. The taxes placed on drugs could easily result in a lower-income tax or more social benefits/services. The economy is extremely vital to maintaining society. The third reason for my stance is that by making drug use illegal, we have allowed organized crime to flourish and increased the amount of drug related deaths. Organized crime generally has one motive, money and money is easily obtained through selling highly potent drugs. For example, El Chapo obtained his riches by selling drugs and if drugs were made legal, his organized crime ring would be abolished due to lack of funding. El Chapo is responsible for the death of at least 70,000 people according to torontosun. com. If drug use was legal, more than 70,000 lives would have been spared. Most likely millions because of other organized crime rings and miscellaneous drug deal related deaths. Drug overdoses are also more likely due to lack of knowledge and research regarding these compounds. After Portugal decriminalized all drugs the number of overdoses drastically decreased especially heroin which decreased by more than half according to mic. com and fullfact. org. My final reason is anti-drug laws surprisingly harm the environment. The Rare Cambodian Tree is refined into MDMA by drug traffickers and because of the drug restrictions, drug traffickers cannot and do not wish to replant the trees because they risk getting caught so instead, they cut them down and refine the logs into safrole oil which is then converted into MDMA. If drugs were legal these traffickers would not be endangering this tree because it would be replanted through environmental regulation. Chemicals used to make methamphetamine also harm the environment due to poor disposal caused by the illegality of the chemical precursors. Although this is fairly minor, I thought it would be interesting to present. In conclusion, anti-drug laws have prevented economic growth and civil liberties that every individual should be entitled too. They have harmed the environment, caused unreasonable imprisonment and millions of deaths. The issue with society is not the drug users, it is the society itself which shames individuals for making their own choices whether it be for the better or worse. Links + Sources: . https://www.vice.com... . https://object.cato.org... . https://mjbizdaily.com... . https://www.whaxy.com... . http://theoakstreatment.com... . http://www.weedhire.com... . http://www.torontosun.com... . https://fullfact.org... . http://www.treehugger.com...