War on drugs should be abolished

First of all I would like to point out that Con put his rebuttal in the second round and as for the rules they were supposed to be in the third. REBUTTALS"First of all, drug users obviously cause harm to themselves by their usage of drugs"Whether or not they cause harm to themselves is not our business. It is their choice. Anorexia, bulimia, and cutting ones self are all types of self harm but are treated medically and not by imprisonment. If someone has a problem with drugs it should be treated medically also. If not, it shouldn't be any different than gambling or the consumption of alcohol. "Secondly, it is not uncommon for drug users to cause harm to other people Take for example, the fact that about 8,000 people are killed each year as a direct result of drug-related auto accidents. [1] [2] Additionally, the use of drugs results in more than 400,000 visits to the emergency room each year. " It is not uncommon for drug users to hurt other people. This is explained in round 2. When drug users feel they were treated unfairly in a drug-related case they result to violence because they cannot go to law enforcement and have it straitened out. If you know anything about prohibition then you know that this was where gangsters came from. Illegalizing alcohol made crime go up. Obviously. 25,000 people are killed each year in alcohol related accidents, but alcohol is legal. 50,000 people go to the hospital each year for motorcycle accidents, approximately 23,000 kids go to the hospital each year for sledding accidents, approximately 7,000,000 people go to the hospital every year for smoking related accidents, yet all these things are legal. Something shouldn't be made illegal simply because of how many hospital visits it leads to. "You say "the average man in prison," but what we should actually be looking at is the average drug offender in prison because that is relevant to the resolution. "I was simply showing how the cycle of crime directly relates from kids being deprived of their fathers over crimes that really shouldn't even be crimes in the first place, therefore, my argument stands.3) Making drugs legal would make crime rates go down. There is no evidence for this claim so it can easily be dismissed as a bare assertion. There actually is evidence as I am again referring back to the days of prohibition. When alcohol was illegalized it made crime go up. "As for drugs losing appeal, that doesn't even make sense. When a substance is illegal and entails a prison sentence, it is not appealing. On the contrary, when a substance is legal and more easily available, it is much more appealing. " Actually it makes perfect since. You know. Like when you want something really bad and when you finally get it, it loses appeal. Closing ArgumentWhether or not someone chooses to do drugs is not immoral nor is it dishonorable, it is a decision everyone should be able to make without having the government involve. Ask yourself, would you rather have your next door neighbor smoke marijuana quietly and harmlessly next door without affecting you or would you rather have him imprisoned and your tax money pay for him. FACT. Not every user is an abuser. FACT. Alcohol and smoking does more damage then some of the drugs out there. FACT. I don't do drugs, but that is my choice, and everyone should be able to make that choice. Thank you.