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Article 2 : Toward a Policy on Drugs

In the article written by Elliott Currie entitled Toward a Policy on Drugs , he claimed that illegal drugs are an embedded problem for law enforcement agencies . Because of this , the only solution that could aid in solving the problem is by soliciting or even prioritizing the views or ideas of the public on how the police and the court would act in reducing the impact of use and sale of illegal drugs to the society

An interesting argument that was raised by Currie is that the

free market approach wherein it advocates the deregulation of drugs and the decriminalization of drug users . This means that the government 's prohibition on contraband will be downgraded while the drug users will not be treated as criminals and punished by the government for their illegal activities . For Currie , this approach has been proven effective in some European countries like Netherlands where they have legalized the use of small amounts of marijuana . More so , he argued that decriminalization and deregulation are not the ultimate solution to the worsening drug situation , but these actions would significantly lessen the illogical and cruel methods currently used to combat the use and sale of illegal drugs . Moreover , it has been studied that there is a correlation between the prohibition of drugs and the existence of crimes and violence in communities . With this notion , if prohibited drugs would be made legal then it safe to assume that the occurrence of drug-related crimes will decline decrease that would eventually lead to the elimination of the problem . However , people should not solely depend on this type of approach because there are other factors and complexities involved that cannot be addressed by this approach . The fight against drugs has been protracted and ineffective . To be...