Opponents believe that deterrence will do the trick, but drug use continues to increase even though tougher laws have been passed. ... In return, the government can regulate the market by licensing, enacting laws on sales to minors, and monitor the quality of the product. ... In Holland, where drugs laws are more flexible, drug usage has not gone up. The current drug laws makes criminals out of millions of otherwise law-abiding people who choose to use drugs in the privacy of their homes. ... The argument that drug users are criminals does not hold up since these law-abiding citizens don'...

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These drugs are tightly controlled by federal and states laws, because of their high abuse potential. Despite the effort of law-enforcement, the demand for illegal drugs remains very high. ... Nonetheless, in the face of mounting public concern, in 1986, Congress passed strong new drug laws and enforcement measures along with treatment and education programs (Arterburn, p.93). ... If one wants to use drugs that may harm him, let him do it, but once he steps outside of his privacy of his own, then he is reliable for his behavior and should be arrested or punished. ... Through the proper edu...

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We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... The war on drugs often subjects law-abiding citizens to arrest, search, and seizure for what they do in the privacy of their own homes. ...

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Marijuana laws went into effect. ... Bush had ideas to become tougher with drug laws such as the death penalty and using the armed forces. ... As drug use continues and more problems arise, the drug policy will change and have more laws added. ... A small percentage of all drug crimes do get caught, so fear of the law is small. ... Regardless, law enforcement tactics are concentrated in the poor minority neighborhoods. 2. ...

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Since that time, the government has implemented the much more successful policy of focusing law enforcement efforts on irresponsible alcohol users who endanger the rights of others. ... The law regards all users as abusers, and the result has been the creation of an unnecessary class of lawbreakers. ... Calculations based on recent BJS reports suggest that, at any one time, 59,300 prisoners charged with or convicted of violating marijuana laws (3.3% of the total incarcerated population) are behind bars, at a total cost to taxpayers of some $1.2 billion per year. ... Despite the fact that drug...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of M...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of M...

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