Controversial topic: Drugs!

Controversial topic: Drugs!

Drugs always are a controversial topic and I believe that they should be more discussed in our society. In scientific terms we can define drugs as chemical substances that affect the normal function of the nervous system altering the mood, perception or consciousness. Some of the most popular drugs are alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and LSD. I believe all drugs are potentially addictive in different levels.

 

      The most popular legal drugs in Chile are alcohol and cigarettes. I think they are legal for economic reasons like profit. Their impact in the lives of the people is really harming. Examples of this are lung cancer and the big amounts of accidents and violence in which alcohol has a big influence.

In my opinion the contemporary way of life is so stressful that push people into escaping by consuming drugs. I believe that some of them, like marijuana are relatively inoffensive and useful. Marijuana has many uses, like recreational, medical, cultural, religious, and probably many more. His prohibition causes drug trafficking industries that are far more dangerous and harmful to societies than the legalization. Drug trafficking always hit the most vulnerable parts of the population, and the legalization of marijuana will reduce his impact considerably. And in global terms third world counties like Mexico and Nigeria always get the worst part of the drug trafficking industries.

I believe marijuana should be legal for people in a mature age, because drugs can control your life if you don't have enough willpower. On the other hand there are harder drugs, like cocaine, crack, pasta base and a lot more that should remain illegal because they are so addictive and harmful that their consumption destroys people lives. Without information and without self-control, marijuana may lead you to experiment harder drugs.

If all drugs were legal I believe there would be less of some types of crime and more of other types of crime. Hard drugs could cause more violent types of crime. It will be like alcohol impact but like ten times bigger. It’s necessary to discuss the effects of each drug in society and then decide what thing to do.

It is not a simple and easy subject, but as a democratic society we have to discuss about it.