... world today, and America is the biggest market for drugs. There are more drug dealers in this country than there are dentists. Illegal drug abuse must be stopped. The crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. Illegal drugs and their abusers are a plague to society for many different reasons. Drugs have very harmful effects on the users ... to drink, well, it is not. I really don't know why they want to put their bodies through the pain. I guess it is for fun or out of boredom. At the rate that most teenagers drink, they should be getting cirrhosis of the liver, cancer...

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... ones why should you have to pay taxes on your winnings if you win the lottery? But there is one law that makes absolutely no sense to me and that is the one that makes drugs illegal, and I am here today to tell you why. II. I'm going to first go over with ... Mainly due to the often seen antismoking commercial which can be kind of scary, because they provide the truth about cigarettes. These commercials actually worked, the smoking rate dropped so much in California that tobacco companies are actually suing the state. The government will have the same kind of commercials towards cocaine...

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... Drug Enforcement Agency and police department argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because there is no hard core evidence that proves that marijuana has medical value. This is what brings me to my thesis that marijuana should be legalized because it doesn't matter if it is illegal to smoke or possess marijuana; people are going continue to use marijuana because it ... marijuana by combing it with food. The effects of marijuana are labeled in three types: Physiological effects, psychological effects, and subjective effects. The physiological effects are reddened eyes, increased pu...

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... ; that's why John Belushi lived the long prosperous life he did. And if cocaine isn't addictive, why did I go from snorting it, to smoking it, to shooting it? Drugs caused me to lose several jobs, because I couldn't make it to work or I just couldn't function on the job. I lost my family's respect, and I lost respect for myself. The only reason I"m sitting ... . Along with an increase in addicts would come an increase in crimes. There is enough violence in the world with drugs being illegal. Could you imagine the crime and murder rate if drugs were legal? They say legalizing drugs will lo...

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... this excuse does not mean that the Chinese were forced to smoke the drug. Judging by the euphoria after an opium smoking secession and the frequency of these secessions, leads me to believe that smoking opium, and addiction for that, matter were the choice of individuals. In the text "Missionaries and Opium," the author states how people would start using opium ... . Maybe it's the idea of kicking back, smoking some opium, and then relaxing with your friends, but whatever it is, there is something about the drug that made the addiction rate in China increase exponentially. As a result of...

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