Drug Legalization
Kyle LaBorde & Marty Salgado
Our Position
We are in favor of stricter drug laws because of the saftey and health of society, crime uprising, and because making laws more strict in the past has been proven to be successful.
Position
Saftey and Health of Society
Saftey and Health of Society
The health and saftey of the people is the number one priority so legalaizing drugs would cause more crime and health problems like the spread of diseases and overdoses.
Crime Uprising
There is a lot of drug related crimes as there is so, making drugs harder to come by would drop crime rates.
Crime Uprising
The Past
The Past
"We have made significant progress in fighting drug use and drug trafficking in America. Now is not the time to abandon our efforts..." "...However, overall drug use is down by more than a third in the last twenty years..." So continuing on cracking down and making laws even more strict would drop the use of drugs even more.
Advocate
The Federal Goverment uses taxpayer money to give out 50 grants to the 50 states. Once the state goverment gets the grant the state will divide the money up to all cities in that state. The cities will then put the money to drug prevention programs and public awarness campaigns.
Opposite Perspective
Drugs should be legalized because if you legalize drugs it would free up the poilce resources to fight other crimes.
Opposite Perspective
Opposite Perspective Refutation
No because it would make it eaiser for people to get the drugs and would cause more crime than before.
Opposite Perspective Refutation
What Does The Constitution Say?
What Does The Constitution Say?
A. State Penalties for illegal scale of controlled substances
The illegal sale of any controlled substance is punishable by up to 5 years in prison, $10,000 fine.
B. State penalites for illegal manufacture or delivery of controlled substances
Narcotcs: up to 10 years in prison, $25,000-$100,000 fine, or both. Non-norcotics: up to 5 years in prison, $10,000 fine, or both.
C. State Penalties for possession of controlled substances
Possession of any contolled substance is punishable by 5 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.
Government Policy
Government Policy
1. Ensure balanced compassionate, and humane drug policies.
2. Intergrate prevention, treatment, and recovery support services into public health systems.
3. Protect human rights.
4. Reduce drug use to reduce drug consequences.
5. Support and expand access to medication/assisted therapies.
6. Inform criminal justice systems to support both public health and saftey.
7. Distrupt drug trafficking.
8. Address the drug problem as a shared responsibility.
9. Support the UN drug conventions.
10. Protect citizens from drugs.
Individual Rights
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Common Good
You have no individual right to do drugs and the common good says it's frown upon too. Which means if you do illicit drugs you put the well-being of yourself over the majority of others and infringing others rights making it illegal.
Work Cited
Work Cited
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- State and Federal Laws and Sanctions Concerning Drugs and Alcohol » Safety on Campus Boston University. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2018