Crime and deviance
our jail systems are filled to the brim with drug traffickers and drug abusers. Even in countries like Canada where the government has intensified measures to fight this ‘war’ with stiffer laws and awareness programs, the drug problem is getting much worse. The war on drugs seems to be an impossible battle, that may never be resolved or won. Policy makers turn their heads to the fact that legalizing ‘softer’ drugs may be an option to lowering this ailment in societies all over the world. Contrary to the normative outlook that legalizing a drug like marijuana would guide our economy and workforce into a stage of stagnation and counter production, marijuana could actually perpetuate the growth of our economy. Policy makers and the general public simply rule out the possibility that the legalization of a ‘softer’ drug like marijuana would reduce government spending on current law enforcement, and if there was a tax placed on marijuana it could actually be benefical to our country’s revenue. This would also lead to a harder, more concentrated fight on harder drugs polluting their citizens, like crack, heroin, and other highly addictive vices. Marijuana is an exception to the fact that all drugs have potentia
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Approximate Word count = 1825
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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