Drug Legalization By Seth Sprague

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    I think that society should permit the use of drugs

for recreational purposes. After all, over twenty years of

troop sweeps, police actions and military rhetoric, the

evidence is all around us. The war on drugs has flopped. It

has been more then ineffective and has actually made things

worse. We as American citizens have to wake up and realize

that there will never be a "drug free" utopia that we have

been promised. People will always be willing to experiment

with their bodies and use drugs no-matter the cost involved

in doing so. It is our human nature to want things we can't

have and to crave addictive substances whether it is heroin

or that addictive chocolate bar in the express lane aisle

of your favorite grocery store. In this case we need to

permit new stimulants and legalize illegal drugs so that

American companies and tax paying citizens can profit.

    If all drugs were legalized tomorrow, drug dealers,

terrorists funded by illegal drugs, and black market rings

would all suffer; if not permanently put out of business.

There would be no need for expensive anti-drug commercials

and D.A.R.E. type programs, which have only flooded the

minds of children with curiosity. "Also, taxpayers would

save billions each year, in fact through the Office of

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