Legal_Issues_of_Reefer_Madness

Legal Issues of Reefer Madness LEGAL ISSUES OF REEFER MADNESS During prohibition in the 1920’s, new prisons and jails had to be built to house the criminals by converting the drinking into a crime against the state. Prohibition undermined respect for the law, corrupted the minions of the law, created a decadent moral climate - but did not stop the consumption of alcohol. I agree with this statement, made by Milton Friedman from the Newsweek in 1972. Consequently prohibition is an attempted cure that only makes matters worse, for both the addicted and the rest of us. That’s why, even if you observe the present policy toward drugs as fairly justified, considerations of realism make that policy most unwise. Legalizing drugs might increase the number of addicts, but prohibition is not going to stop it from happening, therefore I think they might as well quit wasting there time and money looking for drug criminals and traffickers and start spending it on other things such as health benefits and education, things like that. If drugs were legally available, any possible profit, or the motivation for profit and violence that goes with illegal trafficking drugs, prohibition, criminals, society, people, money, might, law, illegal, find, drug, drinking, crime, think, things, themselves, students, stop, respect, reduce, quality, purchase, profit, policy, person, out, legalizing, legal, increase, illegality, example, even, disease, case