Many governments have laws that ban the sale and use of hard drugs like heroin and cocaine, yet they allow people to freely buy other more socially acceptable drugs like tobacco and alcohol. Laws that prohibit the sale and consumption of ‘hard’ drugs should be applied to other more widely tolerated drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. What is your opinion?

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For years hard
drugs
like heroin
has
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been viewed as illegal
substances
to be traded while tobacco and alcohol trading has been acceptable, but recently it is being said that the same law should be executed to ban these safer
drugs
either. It is noteworthy to bear in mind that these legal
substances
also
can be
dangerouse
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dangerous
.
However
, I believe that they should not be illegal as long as the government has control over them. The following essay overlooks two rationales that support my opinion.
First
,
although
the harm that these two
substances
can cause should not be underestimated, they are clear and treatable.
However
, the consequences of using hard
drugs
including physical dependence are more
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to deal with.
For example
, the effect that heroin can cause
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brain
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is irreversible while the cigarette's negative effects can be prevented by education.
In addition
, the means of using hard
drugs
are more prone to transmit infections, whereas tobacco and alcohol do not suffer from
this
disadvantage.
Second
, imposing rules against these soft
substances
might move their trading to the
undergrand
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underground
undergrad
.
Consequently
, the quality of them
decrease
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and even some fatal components might be added to them.
For instance
, a great number of people are dying by consuming
metanol
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methanol
instead
of ethanol in the countries where
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alcohol is forbidden. Their
counsumption
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consumption
will prevail;
hence
,
the
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public
saftey
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safety
will not preserve unless the government have
the
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close control
on
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their mediums
instead
of
illegalize
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them. To sum up, I believe imposing the same rules on soft
drugs
as hard ones to ban their consumption will not contribute to
the
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public
saftey
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safety
.
On the contrary
, it will increase the chance of harm.
Moreover
, as these products are less harmful, they can be used with
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close monitoring.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Substance abuse
  • Opioids
  • Carcinogens
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Dependency
  • Prohibition
  • Excise tax
  • Cultural mores
  • Public health initiatives
  • Civil liberties
  • Black market
  • Bootlegging
  • Harm reduction
  • Social stigma
  • Decriminalization
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