Should the U.S. End the War on Drugs

INTRODUCTION

Drug and substance abuse is not only a problem in the United States but also a worldwide problem . The availability of illicit drugs is becoming more and easier to people most of them adolescents . Illegal trade in drugs is booming worldwide and the same people who should be curtailing it are even practicing it

Despite increased global efforts by both state and non-state actors to stop the trade and consumption of illicit drugs , the entire opposite is happening : more and more people bare becoming dependent on drugs as well as

a global increase in the production and trade in these same drugs

ANALYSIS

Every day that passes the United States is using more and more taxpayer 's money on the war on drugs . Yet surprisingly the number of people incarcerated in federal and state prisons from drug related offences keeps on increasing

At the commencement of the 20th century , there was virtually no restriction on opiates , cocaine , or marijuana (Carpenter , 2003

The debate on whether to stop the war on drugs or not is not an issue that can just be answered with a yes or no answer . Although the war on drugs is costing the American tax-payer billions each year , and given the fact that this war on drugs has failed to achieve the ultimate objective s of ending drug consumption , drug trade and drug related crime , we can not advocate for its abolishment . This is especially because the drugs will be made available to small school going children and we will only succeed in creating a generation that is drug-dependent

Consequently , this war has raised issues on our legal rights , family ideals , and on public health . Amid such a gigantic penalty to compensate , its sensation in accomplishing its goal has not been met

Many of the harms in the drug war are as a result of the drug war itself . The ever-evident Drug-related offences are as a result of drug prohibition laws within the supply and demand chains . Public health concerns like HIV and Hepatitis C are constrained or affected by laws that restrict direct access to hygienic needles . Instead of the drug war being a promoter of family values , children of inmates are at risk of educational failure , joblessness , addiction , and delinquency (Carpenter , 2003

According to the article `The Real War on Crime (`Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission , 1996

Very many vices have been observed that arise from the war on drugs among them include Erosion of the American citizen 's human rights and civil liberties it has Cost the economy billions of dollars with no visible or tangible effect the war on crime has Criminalized millions of American citizens on drug issues yet these same people are not usually disposed to crime the system has Placed almost a third of African-American males between the ages of 19 and 29 behind bars on drug related matters that will ultimately mess their lives forever it has led to a Corrupted police force and a similar...