All drugs should be legalized.

Thanks for the reply Pro. A late Merry Christmas to you as well. R.1 Freedom of choice This part is quite interesting as this is exactly what my argument was about in regards to morality. Apparently, my opponent disregarded my entire morality section, and continued with his view of morality. My opponent implied that my morality section was useless, yet continued with the exact same subject I had. I had even quoted this in my arguments a possible thought that my opponent had, yet my opponent did not even bother to read that. However, I will repeat what I claimed earlier. Recall, on balance legalizing drugs will have a huge concern on public safety, specifically that drugs are related to crime. Therefore, if we distribute these substances to the public we will see decreased productivity, and increased crime. It is true that people should be able to impact their own lifestyle however this is not the case. Legalizing drugs is a potential threat to public safety, the economy, and loved ones. This is the reason why, if drugs are a threat to others, then they should not be available to the public despite the fact people should be able to do whatever they want to their own body. Also, drugs are highly addictive. Once you take them, you simply cannot let go, and it is nearly impossible to do so. It is almost similar to suicide without any help. There is no beneficial outcome from a federal point of view to legalize drugs! it is the exact opposite. R.2 Cost I had also included this is my argument, yet my opponent chooses to disregard that as well. However, I will repeat what I had in my previous argument. Dug advocates claim that the money used for drugs can be used for other things, as America spends billions of dollars for drug trafficking. However, this is the DEA’s response. (1)“Ask legalization proponents if the alleged profits from drug legalization would be enough to pay for the increased fetal defects, loss of workplace productivity, increased traffic fatalities and industrial accidents, increased domestic violence and the myriad other problems that would not only be high-cost items but extremely expensive in terms of social decay”-One of the purposes to legalize drugs is to use drug trafficking money for good use-The money will not even cover the damages to legalizing drugs!-In the end, you had an intention to put the money to good use, yet the money will not even cover the damage R.3 Prison rates 60 - 80% of drug abusers commit a new crime (typically a drug-driven crime) after release from prison Approximately 95% return to drug abuse after release from prison. (2) This shows that prisons are actually ineffective as 95% of users return to drug abuse. Now, apply that to a larger scale. If an entire country were to give out drugs, and many people were to resort to crime due to the drugs, there is simply no way to give any type of punishment, as far as the government is concerned. There will be simply no way to stop the madness. R.4 Race disparity I am not going to go too much into this simply because I have no real objection to this. However, I would like to address a couple of points. I cannot see how this how this helps my opponent. According to the BJS non-Hispanic blacks accounted for 54.4% of the prison and jail population in 2009. Non-Hispanic blacks also have the highest homicide rates in America. Doesn’t overall crime and homicide also cause a “bad relation” law enforcement and citizens? By my opponent’s logic, all the crime and homicide should be decriminalized due to race disparity! (3)R.4 Violent crime and violence among usersI am going to combine Violent crime and crime among users. Simply, because those 2 points that my opponent has made is very similar. Using my own opponent’s source (3rd one) Overall, 52.7 percent of homicides were in some way drug-related. The main point is drugs cause crime. According to the National Criminal Justice Reference Services, arrestees frequently test positive for drug use. It is really no surprise that drugs play an important and crucial role in criminal activity that are not directly related to drugs. However, crimes such as theft or murder that drugs have played a role in. (4)R.5 Families This appears to be the morality part of my opponent’s argument, ironically something that my opponent discarded. Drugs will not be beneficial for families at all. If drugs are available to the public, it will turn healthy parents into emotionally unstable and impulsive animals that destroy marriages, and are likely to commit crime. R.5 Worker productivity Simply put-The company has little to no control what their employees do in their spare time. Therefore, the company cannot see if their workers take drugs, unless drug testing. Company is unaware of drug use within employees Company does frequent drug testing Once company finds out many workers are unproductive, they fire them Huge loss of jobs in America, however this time it is even more because you have made drugs legal Sources:1.http://www.policechiefmagazine.org...2.https://ncadd.org...3.http://en.wikipedia.org...4.https://www.ncjrs.gov...