... drugs. According to the National Vital Statistics Reports, 19,102 deaths from drug-induced causes occurred in 1999. The use of drugs can lead to death, which alone is a factor to keep them illegal. The use of illicit drugs should remain illegal due to their intoxicating effects on the brain, their ... drug use, resulting in more abusers, more of the public "high", and in the end more deaths would occur from the use of drugs. Another factor making legalization of drugs absurd is the effects it would have on the criminal justice system. The U.S. has very strict laws on the use and distribut...

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