This means that the state recognizes your freedom to use drugs, even if it does not intend to give you a legal way to do so beyond tobacco/alcohol. With the known results. Those who believe that the legalization of drugs would only exacerbate the problem are the majority in our society. And you need to be aware of the negativity of most substances. Not only in terms of disorders and addictions, but also because of what they produce in a person when they are abused. In the so-called war on drugs, several civil liberties explode along the way. Recordings, privacy breaches, censorship and other related bans seem almost inevitable in an endless competition. The legalization of drugs seems to be an inevitable part of restoring many of the civil liberties under attack. The war on drugs has been a resounding failure. Last year, 6,290 people died in Mexico in the government`s fights against drug cartels. In the United States, strict drug laws fill the prisons of millions of people. However, the global production of illicit drugs is higher than ever.
How to eliminate the epidemic of drug addiction and the illegal international drug trade? Today we are going to talk about the arguments against the legalization of drugs and what they are based on to draw conclusions. We have already talked about the risk of drugs in another article: the risks of drug use. 1.- The war on drugs is not financially viable. The “system” has led to the highest incarceration rate in the world. For black men between the ages of 20 and 24, that`s one in nine. 80% of all arrests are for drug possession, 40% of drug arrests for marijuana. The best is the enemy of the good, and if prohibition has been gradually implemented (only 15 countries have signed the Hague Opium Convention of 1912), its end is also gradual, but it must be borne in mind that today there are countries or regions (even some “dry” counties in the United States) where alcohol is banned and its sale is punishable by very severe penalties. And if there is illegal trade from neighboring countries, the problem lies with them because of their fanaticism, not with their neighbors. Well, in the case of narcotics, it should be exactly the same: if a country wants the mafia and hangs for crimes without victims, it eats it with its bread. And if the neighbor wants to legalize everything and put vending machines on the street, he should do it. That is sovereignty.
The section dealing with this topic in the TNI document is “Options for Treaty Reform” – but one of them is not intended to support this dilapidated building, but to demolish it. “The agreement should be global” This fallacy lost a lot of gas when Bolivia left the conventions and joined them (serious mistake), reserving the right to allow the traditional use of coca leaves. And nothing happened, neither at that time, nor when they threw away the DEA, something that every sovereign country in the world was supposed to emulate. And in Uruguay, they began their project without confiding in the International Drug Control Council, turning a deaf ear to the noisy protests of this 13-person reconciliation body that determines global drug policy. He should lead by example and leave these thirteen satraps alone – or with a hard core of Arab countries, Sweden, the USSR and other fanatics of the prohibitionist catastrophe. For more information on the various alternatives to this notorious hangar, check out the last part of “The Rise and Fall of Cannabis Prohibition”,” available on the Transnational Institute`s website. We have already talked about the advantages and disadvantages of drugs in another article that you also have compared to this other article on why people use drugs? can read. The good news is that the legalization movement is gaining momentum. Many people are in favor of abolishing police measures against drugs and treating drug addiction as a health problem. Here are effective ways to solve the drug problem: There are regions and countries like Colombia, Nicaragua or others where drug prohibition has caused such devastating damage that terrorist organizations have cost the lives of many people.