Alcoholism is most common in the least expected area. Many would like to believe that people in poverty and the homeless account for most of the alcoholics. That assumption is very wrong. More ‘upper c

Children will pick up on their parents drug use, even if they don’t see it first hand. Eventually, they too will be fighting their demons. It’s a domino effect. Once it effects one generation it takes many more to fix the problem. So why are some people more susceptible to drug use than others? Well, whether people would like to admit it or not, we wind up a lot like our parents. A child is more likely to associate with the same types of people as their parents are, and thus, more likely to engage in the same activity; ranging from chess to injecting drugs. Again, these problems only lead to more; Burglary, the spread of disease, and promiscuous sex can all be attributed to drug use.

In my opinion, a way of stopping the violent crime associated with drug use is by a slow integration of regulation within legalization. I believe that by legalizing drugs, society as a whole will be forced to really look at how they effect us. Of course there will be restrictions and regulations, just as there are with alcohol now, but in the long run, I believe it will benefit everyone. Drug addicts won’t be classified as criminals they’ll have tons of treatment options if they want to stop. Of course, this is a radical opinion that will never, in my lifetime or even in my grandchildren’s lifetime, be passed.

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