Legalization of Drugs - Legalize It or Not to Legalize It?

Legalize it or not to legalize it?, this is the question.

For several decades drugs have been one of the major plights that we are incapable of stopping its devastating growth. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and a huge amount of money spent on rehabilitator, however, the predicament still exits. The rate of drug addiction among people all over the world is tremendously increasing regardless to the restrictions and penalties placed by governments. There's a huge variety of drugs being abused among people; soft and hardcore drugs. Nowadays, the request of legalizing drugs could be clearly heard in many well known songs and seen in a lot of popular movies. Drugs are becoming a serious catastrophe, and the time has come for an effective and realistic action. The legalization of drugs would have an adverse effect on the society in terms of work, public health and crime rate; as it will be affordable and available.

Some users spend so much time under the influence of drugs or thinking about getting drugs and they neglect their families, friends, and work. In some cases, their actions harm the people closest to them. Pregnant women who take drugs can cause harm to their unborn children. All drug users risk injury or death to themselves and others if they are socializing while they are under the influence. Drug users may resort to theft, prostitution, or selling drugs to pay for their drug habits. Drug users in the transportation industry, such as bus drivers risk threatening the public. Young people begin using drugs for various reasons, some experiment with drugs because their friends use them. Many young people find it difficult to resist peer pressure. Also, young people often have a sense of invulnerability, that death or other severe consequences of drug use will not affect them personally. Users of tobacco, drugs and alcohol at that age may be attempting to appear grown up by imitating other adults. Therefore, legalization of drugs would promote youth to experiment drugs at a very young age.

The question weather to legalize drugs or not is a controversial and a very important issue in today's world. Legalizing drugs might have some benefits, however, its disadvantages outnumbers its few advantages. One of the most crucial problems that the society will face if drugs are legalized is its dreadful effect in workplace;