Essays on Drugs

Legalization of drugs in college town refers to the action of making drugs such as marijuana that were previously illegal permissible by law. Therefore, decriminalization of drugs in college town would make harmful, psychoactive as well as addictive substances not only available but also convenient and marketable, consequently, expanding drug...

Implications of Legalizing Marijuana in the United States Bill Keller from the New York Times attempts to explain the implications of legalizing marijuana in the United States. In his article, How to Legalize Pot, he argues that the current debate is no longer based on whether marijuana should be legalized or...

Nick Reding talks about the use of drugs and its adverse effects Nick Reding talks about the use of drugs specifically methamphetamine and its adverse effects such as rural fights and fall in the economic state of the small town. The town is full of drug dealers and addicts. The drug...

Over the years, there have been increased concerns over the effectiveness of America s War on drugs which to a great extent has failed. The war on drugs was declared in 1971 by President Richard Nixon to combat illegal use of drugs, as a result, the country has experienced an...

Over the past couple of years, the social issue of legalization of marijuana has been widely debated in the United States. Some states like Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana to demonstrate what they want in their nation. The situation brings up the big query of whether the nation should...

Heroin Heroin; also commonly termed as hell dust, Smack, horse, dope and diamorphine among others, is a highly addictive illegal opioid substance derived from the opium poppy plant that elicits euphoric effects. Heroin is usually in the form of a brown or white power or in some instances a black sticky...

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has been in existence since 1988 in the US to encounter drug trafficking (Keck, Michelle, and Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera 47). ONDCP was established by the Congress and has been striving to reduce the use of illicit...

Mental Health Drugs and Their Impact on Society In each country, the number of people under mental health drugs is high and has been rapidly increasing over the past few years (WHO, 14). When prescribed mental health drugs are cheaper and highly available to everyone, then the economic value of the...

The discussion about marijuana has been in the public limelight for a long time.  For many years, the drug has been under one of the prohibited with users and suppliers prosecuted for this offense. However, recent research has changed the perception of most Americans towards the drug. Keeping the drug...

Veritably, marijuana legalization in the United States is essential to the health sector for its pivotal role in the treatment of diseases such as glaucoma, cancer, and epilepsy. Two contradicting sides have stable positions on whether it ought to end up lawful or ought to stay unlawful. Most states in...

Marijuana has been used for thousands of years for medicinal, recreational and mental purposes. The legalization of marijuana has been faced by controversy of the past few decades. Those who oppose its legalization claim that pot has a high potential for abuse and lacks any medical value. The war on...

The Debate on Marijuana Legalization The debate whether marijuana or pot (as is commonly known around the streets) should be legalized or not is a debate as old as the drug itself. People for years have battled it, and it looks like, despite their efforts, the drug is flourishing, maybe even...