Drug Legalization

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a balanced effort on
drug education , prevention , treatment, and law enforcement. Softening our
drug laws would be a major mistake. Research and data clearly shows the
problem is not drug prohibition , but drug use. When drugs are cheap and
easily accessible , more people will use them. It is a frightening scenario
that envisions more of our citizens, both juveniles and adults, using mind -
altering substances that not only affect their own behavior and health, but also
endanger innocent people.
Experience has already shown a link between illegal drug use and crime;
that even the so called " victimless " use of marijuana can cause a
disproportionate amount of serious accidents; and other countries , such as
South Korea and Taiwan , learned that tolerating drug abuse only allowed it
to grow out of hand. Those who do not learn from experience are bound to repeat
it. We cannot afford to do this with the drug problem. There are the lives of
innocent people at stake ...

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