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Drug Use
Argument Against the "War on Drugs"
The government's "war on drugs" has added to its agenda the finding and prosecuting of people who just occasionally use drugs within their own home. Some might argue that because people are doing it privately and at their own home that it should be okay. However, drug use is against the law in the entire country, not just public places. Even though people should have some privacy in their own homes, they should not be able to break the law there.
People who use drugs occasionally may become more and more dependent on them. If they become addicted, it can lead to more serious problems. Addiction could lead to family abuse, losing a job, or violence. While a private drug user may not think this will happen, addiction is something that is not planned.
Allowing drug use at home implies that it is okay to break other laws if you do it privately at home. If you murdered someone in your own home, it would not be considered a private matter. Drug use is no difference. Drug use, even in private, can affect other people by promoting disregard for the law.
Allowing drug use in the home encourages drug sellers to continue selling, since they still have buyers. Most casual drug users are not producing their own drugs. That means that someone has to be selling them drugs. Drug dealers are often dangerous and put people in dangerous situations since they handle a lot of money and are involved illegal activities. Allowing people to use drugs privately means that drug dealers would be getting more business and continuing to put communities in danger.
Privacy in the home is important, but it should not include breaking the law. People who use drugs at home might become addicted. They set a bad example by showing that laws are okay to break at home. They also encourage drug dealers to continue to deal. Private drug use is not okay because it can never be fully private. It affects others, too.
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This would also serve to improve the relationship and the trust between the teachers, students and their parents. Bibliography OHSU, (Dec 2002), 'Pilot Study Reports High School Drug-Testing Program Dramatically Reduces Drug Use', Retrieved on February 23rd 2008, from, http://www.ohsu.edu/unparchive/2002/123002saturn.html Robert Taylor, (1997) 'Compensating Behavior and the Drug Testing of High School Athletes', CATO Journal, Retrieved on Feb 24th 2008, at http://web.psdomain.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/rstaylor/Drug%20Testing.pdf Jennifer Kern, Fatema Gunja, Alexandra Cox, Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Judith Appel, J.D.
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