Legal or Illegal, That is the Question
For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and countless dollars spent on rehabilitation, but the problem still exists. Not only has the drug problem increased but drug related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a killer in our country. Some are born addicts, while others become users. We, as a Nation are Dieing slowly.
The result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in denial that do not understand the effects that these substances has on their brain. The good news is the United States had 25,618 total arrests and 81,762 drug seizures due to drugs in 1995 alone, but the bad news is the numbers of prisoners have increased by 70 percent which will cost about $30 million dollars. Despite common wisdom, the United States isn't experiencing a drug related crime wave. Government surveys show between 1990 - 1997 burglary rates fell 27 percent,......
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