and emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuse

of drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the most

serious problems in today's world, threatening the security and freedom of whole

nations. Politicians, health experts and much of the general public feel that no

issue is more important than drug abuse. America's other pressing social

problems- disease, poverty, child abuse and neglect, and corruption- often have

a common element; that is drug abuse. The use of illegal drugs such as cocaine,

crack, heroin and marijuana cause extensive harm to the body and brain. Yet,

even after knowing this many people want illegal drugs to be legalized in every

aspect. The last thing we need is a policy that makes widely available

substances that impair memory, concentration and attention span; why in God's

name foster the uses of drugs that make you stupid? T

healthy child. Babies who are born with the AIDS virus should thank their

to 30 million addicts of illegal drugs worldwide. Not all users are addicts, but

devastating proportions of the drug problem calls for decisive action. On

own mistakes! According to Patrick Emmet, author of Drugs in America, when

using illegal drugs rose from 44 percent in 1980 to 69 percent in 1987. Among

as we know, AIDS is a deadly disease which people are very frightened of today.

addicted. Reports of child abuse to New York social services tripled between

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