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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Drugs
with severe negative effects and the
ones
that are causing addictions, like heroin and cocaine, have been banned and strict punishments are applied to
people
who are
trafficing
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trafficking
or using them;
however
, the
ones
that cause milder dependency, like
tobbaco
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tobacco
and alcohol, are being used without any prohibition. It is argued that the same law should be passed for them. I am completely in agreement with
this
view.
First
of all, all recreational
drugs
can cause damage to human health and these soft
ones
are not excluded. A good example of it is
the
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lung cancer, which results in many deaths in smokers.
Besides
that, many
people
are suffering from
alcohol induced
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liver diseases, which leads to liver transplantations.
Thus
,
although
they have been viewed as soft
drugs
, their consequences are pretty serious. Added to
this
is the mental aspect which is being affected by the dependency and the tolerance of these
drugs
.
For example
,
ones
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one
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usually start with
smoke
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smoking
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a cigarette a day and end
in
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with
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a packet per day.
Therefore
, due to mental and physical addiction and their side effects, imposing a law against these substances is in
people
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best interest.
Moreover
, victims of
drugs
are not only drug users but
also
their close contacts. The reason for those
people
being suffered is the impact that humans can have on
eachother
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each other
.
For instance
, if a family member has alcohol use disorder and comes back home drunk
everynight
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every night
, other members will be annoyed by
this
behaviour, especially if they are children. To exemplify
further
, passive smokers are at
a
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great risk of lung cancers even if they are not smokers.
Consequently
, because
people
are affecting
eachother
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each other
, giving permission to some to use these substances is ignoring other
people
's
right
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. To sum up, applying the same
detterent
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deterrent
as hard
drugs
to milder
ones
is vital to keep
people
safe. I am convinced that the disadvantages they have brought for both users and non-users are important enough to prohibit them.
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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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