Opinion
Essay
Governments often make many addictive substances illegal because they
may hurt the health of those who take them. But alcohol and tobacco may also be
dangerous to a person’s health, and they are legal. Should the government make
these substances illegal?
Drugs have been among people
since the first known civilizations. Some drugs very common like coffee, tobacco,
alcohol or even medicine have always been legal and socially accepted. Legal
drugs have usually been linked to business where the government took part. But
in my opinion some other drugs, that are less harmful than almost of the legal
ones, should be legalized in a regulated manner. I do not think forbidding substances
like tobacco or alcohol is a clever solution.
Most people take drugs like
coffee or tobacco very frequently to be unstressed and awake in the daily and
boring routine. From my point of view giving people the free will to choose
what substances they consume is imperative in our society as long as they know
the effects of them. However some substances like hard drugs or very dangerous
substances should not even be in the market and the government should ban them.
Nonetheless, in my view, drugs like cannabis, which contain high quantities of
CBD (a potentially healing natural compound), should be legalized with a
regulation of the state just as in countries like Canada or the Netherlands.
The biggest problem with this drug usually is the toxins introduced in the
black market, but with a regulation from the government this problem would be
solved and less people would suffer its consequences. Furthermore it would be
an important economical increase.
To sum up, from my perspective
free will is crucial with drugs like tobacco or alcohol while some others like
cannabis should be legal. Even though it would require a high regulation so that
it is beneficial in the end and everybody could enjoy them safely.
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