Legalization Of Drugs Essay

Nadelmann argues that with the legality of drugs people will abstain from using them or would use them responsibly in moderation. A drug such as cocaine, that Nadelmann is in favor of making legal, is highly addictive and has harmful effects, according to Wilson. Drugs with these kinds of consequences are not easy to use in adequate quantities. The legalization of these drugs will not be used responsibly and will have more members of society exposed to them to try.
With deliberate research from Professor David Nutt and his team, they gather enough tests and evidence that evaluates that alcohol is number one on a most harmful list. There is much other research that proves it is also the most addictive compared to tobacco and marijuana. Right under this list lays heroin, crack and cocaine. “We cannot confidently compare the addictive powers of these drugs, but the best evidence suggests that crack and heroin are much more addictive than alcohol” (Wilson, 302).
“What Nadelmann is doing is showing that a legalized drug (alcohol) produces greater social harm than illegal ones (cocaine and heroin).
As Wilson defends children in the womb, the ones outside in the world viewing the drug abuse are also to be concerned about. Nadelmann assumes that children are only a small part of the minority who will end up harming themselves with drugs when in reality they are the most common victims of carless drug addicts. Children are taught in school to avoid using harmful drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, and with legalizing cocaine and marijuana there would have to be a new introduction of the effects of these drugs. “Unlike tobacco, cocaine will not give you cancer or emphysema, but it will lead you neglect your duties to family, job, and neigh...

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...g shop open for business does not reduce the use of it. Not everyone knows how to find a dealer but a drug market or store can be easily spotted. This makes drugs more accessible to mindless adults who don’t care about the correct dosage to take. “As was the case in prior years, the level of alcohol use was associated with illicit drugs use in 2012. Among the 17.0 million heavy drinkers aged 12 or older, 31.0 percent were current illicit drugs users” (Results from the 2012 National…).It is between the early ages where one is a young adult who should be thought about before legalizing a drug that cannot be moderately used. It is later in life when a tragedy happens due to the irresponsibility of the early ages when one opens their eyes to realize how much damage a drug has done to oneself or others.
Even currently, with some drugs ‘legal’ does not mean ‘not harmful’.