its for a class presentation please help!
2006-11-13 06:32:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think so, for a couple of reasons.
1) Teen drug use is lower in countries like Amsterdam, which have legalized it.
2) More law enforcemnet money can be spent on the "harder" drugs like meth, coke, herion, etc.--I consider those drugs much more of a danger to society. This would take a burden off our jails too.
3) Decriminalizng Marijuana would give many minor drug offenders a shot at a better life--FYI, you are unable to get any financial aid for college if you are any type of drug offender, even a Misdemeanor!! That only helps to continue the cycle of poverty/drug use/dealing, etc.
4) Tax the crap out of it and we could pay off our national debt!
5) Marijuana has the potential to be an effective treatment for many people with various ailments, such as glaucoma, cancer, etc.
Cool class you are taking, never written papers like that before.
2006-11-13 06:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by ♥austingirl♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think so, since more people would have a choice.
People usually rebel when something is restricted from them.
If they did not feel pressured and restricted, they would be more calm and wayward with it.
Think of smoking cigarettes now. People know it is bad, but they are given a choice. By the years the smoking rate is decreasing A LOT.
I believe if marijuana was legalized, we would have more smokers at first, and then less after a while after the hype of it being legal fiannally went down and everyone started doing it.
That's the way things always go... right?
2006-11-13 06:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All drugs are not criminal, they simply are not "criminal". enormous distinction. you do not visit detention center for possession, you're ordered to rehab. Even pot isn't "criminal" in the netherlands, this is in basic terms decriminalized. espresso shops pay a "effective" each and every 3 hundred and sixty 5 days to function. "Portugal and the Netherlands do not proportion a land course to the middle of drug united states of america. They in no way had the enormous smuggling industry that we've right here in u . s ." -in case you understood economics and prohibition, you will comprehend why it does not artwork.
2016-10-22 00:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by turrill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it would help the "drug problem" but what it would do is free up the police forces from policing this drug as well as put a tremendous amount of tax dollars in the public coffers.
2006-11-13 06:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by Who cares 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would most assuredly decrease the drug problem (look at Scandinavia), but it would also mean a loss of $45 billion in criminal justice revenue (just for pot... )
Oh Boy...
2006-11-13 07:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Gunny T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-13 06:45:08 · answer #6 · answered by E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would help.
Right now, meth is much cheaper than pot.
So actually, the authorities have got kids off pot and onto meth.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE LEGAL.
Keep it illegal and fine people a moderate amount for being caught with it.
2006-11-13 06:40:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Legalizing alcohol didn't stop people from drinking.
2006-11-13 06:39:37 · answer #8 · answered by only p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't solve a problem by legalizing the problem.
ex: you can't stop robberies by making them legal
2006-11-13 06:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by TEXAS TREY 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our society is already screwed up, how will more easily accesible illegal drugs help our society?
2006-11-13 06:36:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋