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Is drug usage treated too harhsly by laws? Should drug usage be handled more tolerantly?
Are the laws and penalities on drugs too harsh or not harsh enough? Should pain killers, weed, and other medications carry the harsh penalites they do today (at least in the US)? Or should laws be more tolerant of people that use drugs but don't cause harm to others?
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I think a limit should be set between drug usage and drug abuse. I believe if an individual is using a particular drug he or she should not be punished as long as it is not detrimental to his health and he is not abusing the usage of the drug. I think the drug law needs to be reviewed in order to fix it lapses.
Drugs, except for those that present clear and present dangers, should be legal. The results will be less crime, less social disruption, fewer overdoses by reducing the necessity for sellers to concentrate dosages, and eased treatment for users who want to stop.
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I mean i believe marijuana is treated too harshly since it is essentially legal in most places, and is beneficial socially and medically. As far as harder drugs like heroin or meth, those things ruin lives.
I have encountered many addicts over the years and I'm convinced drug-dealing is one of the worst crimes out there. No punishment is harsh enough!
Addicts need to be helped. Dealers need to be shot.
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Drug usage is treated too harshly by the law. If you legalized most drugs and regulated them similar to alcohol (which is a drug) and soon marijuana, most of the negative things associated with illegal drug usage goes away. Most negative aspects of drug usage happens as a result of interactions with criminals/criminal empires in order to acquire the drugs. The crime element leads to bribery, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, killings, etc.. Just look at Mexico and the cartels that have infected the entire country because these shadow organizations thrive under a system where drugs are illegal and they have too much power to be quickly dealt with. Makings drugs illegal with harsh penalties also punishes a segment of the population (poverty stricken individuals) who are already institutionalized and in a downward spiral. Legalization would lead to less drug usage, less criminal involvement, and proper rehabilitating people.
Drug usage in certain situations, is really treated harshly and criminalized, in many countries it is seen as a crime to use drugs, but in my view it should be seen as a disease instead, instead of sending people to prison for drug usage, they should be send to rehabilitation and help them get healthy and reintegrated into society.
I’m torn on the subject because I believe people should be accountable for every personal decision. If you sell or use drugs you should be held accountable. I do however think that the laws in some circumstances are outdated or just plain wrong.
It is true that drug abuse is harmful to health and the social environment. It has also been shown that the current laws against the consumption, carrying, distribution and production of drugs have not been as effective as expected.
Since 1981, the United States has been spending $150 billion a year from taxes to try to prevent Colombian Cocaine, Burmese heroin and Jamaican marijuana from entering its borders. However, the evidence is that for every tonne confiscated, hundreds more go in.
This so-called "War on Drugs" instead of employing a strategy containing preventive, investigative, educational and social programmes designed to address such problems as permanent poverty, long-term unemployment and deteriorating living conditions, continues to waste billions of taxpayers' dollars on military equipment dedicated to ineffectively combating drugs, sending thousands of citizens to prison for carrying small quantities of these substances, while the real drug lords' or capos' continue to get rich through this monopoly generated by the laws.
In addition to the public health problem, drug prohibition laws promise a healthy society by denying citizens access to and possible addiction to narcotics. But this has been nothing more than a false reality, since as I said before, drugs continue to circulate on the streets and are not subject to any quality control, being often contaminated or extremely potent, causing illness and sometimes death to those who use them.
It has also generated a bloody business, as drug deals are often surrounded by violence, which has taken the lives of many innocent people.
Drug prohibition laws have failed to cut or reduce the harmful effects of drug use. The slogan of "A drug-free world" is an unrealistic concept, prohibition has only led to criminals gaining more power.
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In my opinion, the drug usage is not treated too harshly because the lawmakers constitute the laws according to the ground realities and they also keep in mind all the pluses and minuses. And the drug users/usage should not be handled more tolerantly because it will encourage more and more people and hence the number of drug users will be increased in the society which is not good.
@bunnypuncher, first of all,l I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to all the WINNERS
In my opinion, the drug usage is not treated too harshly because the lawmakers constitute the laws according to the ground realities and they also keep in mind all the pluses and minuses. And the drug users/usage should not be handled more tolerantly because it will encourage more and more people and hence the number of drug users will be increased in the society which is not good.
@bunnypuncher, first of all,l I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to all the WINNERS
In my opinion, the drug usage is not treated too harshly because the lawmakers constitute the laws according to the ground realities and they also keep in mind all the pluses and minuses. And the drug users/usage should not be handled more tolerantly because it will encourage more and more people and hence the number of drug users will be increased in the society which is not good.
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I thing drug usage treated too harhsly by laws ,but it some time require because if they don't do so , the person who take drug is start taking more drug, which not influence him but her full family, which is going to be bad
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Well, I guess some laws are kind-off harsh on some drugs. Laws should be less tolerant of people that use them. Example is the case of cannabis which is found useful for other things apart of getting high with it but it's usage is being restricted under laws in most countries.
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Does the law treat drug use too harshly?
In my country, the use of drugs is criminalized in the different existing legislations on the subject, but more than the use of drugs, the one who incites or induces the consumption of drugs and the one who traffics in them is criminalized, especially if the induced person is a minor.
Should drug use be handled with more tolerance?
Tolerance has several edges and should be measured by a study involving the different disciplines and the consensus of the population.
Are the drug laws and penalties too harsh or not tough enough?
This question really deserves a calm and serene reflection on the subject, for those who use it have a vision, for those who use it for medical conditions I would have another point of view, and definitely for those who profit from it another one.
Should painkillers, herbs and other medicines endure the harsh hardships they endure today (at least in the United States)?
Whenever such use is supported on a sound and reliable medical scientific basis, it should not, on the contrary, legislation should take this situation into account.
Or should laws be more tolerant of people who use drugs but do not harm others?
The big question here would be who can guarantee that that person who uses drugs will not cause harm under the influence of drugs, because if we see it in the strict sense that person is already causing harm, and it is the harm itself if this use is not properly indicated by a doctor, or by a health situation that deserves the use of drugs.
Stringent laws have proved both useless and enormously expensive as way of correcting drug usage. Also, these laws are cruel and evil when they are applied to unfortunate drug victims.
Drug addiction, is not a problem that stringent laws can fix. It is and always have been a medical problem. Hence, less attention should be paid to stringent law and more attention should be given to competently trained medical experts, so the appetite of drug usage can be eradicated. Excessive drug usage is a mankind scourge and medicine should be used to treat it as been done to other scourges of mankind.
There are a number of ways to approach this. Because there are people that use these strong painkillers to actually live their day to day lives. Some people use them long after their problem with the pain due to their own reason mostly from how addictive pain killers can be. I know i felt that way after a surgery when i was put on strong pain killers. But at the same time i know what they were doing to me so I only took what I had when i needed them. So should those people taking pain killers be punished more harshly after if they are having addictive issues with them after. No they should be put into a state of recovery where they are slowly taken off the drug so they can get back to normal. Now if your going to cause other harm to continue to get a fix wether or not you have full control over yourself. Thats harder to say. Because some people would carry this on to get back on the drug after you help them off and some could stay off for the rest of their life. So I do believe that strong addictive drugs can be a case by case basis. If you're talking about weed. I still don't understand why so many people and countries continue negative thinking about it. It has proven itself to be capable of healing many ailments and possibly fixing cancer in many ways. So why not just allow it at this point.
I was very thoughtful a few moments before writing this post, cause it's a very dificult situation for a person who has some sick family to think about not giving his medication for a legal regulation, and it's very tough to think about about your son or any other child consumed and destroyed by narcotics. Tobacco, alcohol and narcotics: even though all three are harmful, the liquor and cigarettes don't have associated wars between gangsters, but narcotics do have it, so I think, the most simple posible answer is: let people decide !, say no more.
We make bad mistakes all the time, but governments make bigger and worse ones; I think we should trust in our communities and family to teach and help people, not nameless organisations who don't care.
I guess what I am saying is that the penalties are too harsh and they are another nail in the coffin of our freedom.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, cocaine in the human eye is not as dangerous as it is now. In fact, Sigmund Freud published an article entitled Coca (Uber Coca) to highlight the great benefits of using cocaine.
He showed how to use cocaine to cure toothache, strep throat ... and explain how cocaine helps increase endurance. Freud also suggests that cocaine derived from coca leaves can be used to treat alcoholism and morphine effectively.
Want more surprises? In 1903, coca leaf was one of the main ingredients to make the famous Coca-Cola beverage. As the number of cocaine-related deaths increases, new manufacturers face less dangerous alternatives.
Heroin
By the 1920s, heroin was considered a magic drug used to suppress cough, analgesic for patients with chronic diseases. Recommended by many doctors, including cancer specialists.
Bayer, a giant pharmaceutical company, has made many important medicines still in use today. They are also the company that targeted this drug segment for children with TB, using it to relieve pain and cure the disease.
In my opinion, we should treat with drugs if the doctor agrees. In any case, stay away from drugs because the drug is a demon.
Nowadays, there is a lot of social evils that make people bad. It is known to be a very addictive and harmful drug .... the drug is considered to be the most deadly drug. When it comes to drugs, I immediately feel the pain of the loss of the harm that it brings to humanity today.First, it causes direct harm to the addict. In terms of health, drugs cause serious illnesses for the body. The addict will damage the nasal mucosa by using inhaled narcotic drugs, which can cause sudden discomfort, which can be fatal. Drugs affect the lungs. The lungs will be severely damaged, causing lung cancer, respiratory infections, lung infections ... And the most dangerous is using injectable drugs, this is the shortest path leading to AIDS. Drug addicts transmit AIDS to each other. In injecting drug addicts, they also add contaminated dirt, which results in drug addicts having leg cramps or blood infections. Not to mention the death due to drug shock.Raphael's "white death" story, he died of overdose of heroin. Long-term addicts are easily recognizable, gray-skinned, fibrous. The nervous system is severely damaged by the effects of drugs, poor concentration, thinking, depression and lack of will to rise so the detoxification is difficult. More frighteningly, people who are addicted to heroin, as "coffee" often increase sexual stimulation, leads to unsafe sexual behavior, can be infected with HIV, but if used for a long time will weaken the ability Sexuality. Not just stop there, drug injection also ruined the career path, the career of drug addicts. How many stories have been told about workers, engineers ... have fallen before drugs, and then be shunned by friends and colleagues, the path of bright future suddenly darkened.
Drugs not only harmed its users but also their families, making them less capable of working, becoming burdensome for their families. Families with drug addicts atmosphere is always apathetic, sad. Business is reduced because of lack of credibility. The economy also collapses. Because people who are addicted are always more in need of drugs, which means they have to have money, where does the money come from? From their own family, not far away. Then the wife, the mother will see how to see her husband, struggling when the lack of medicine, when leaving the world because of inferiority, because illness has reached the end? It is painful for those families who are drug addicts.
Not stopping there, drugs are like a social worm. Causing disorder chaos .. when drug addicts lack of drugs they will steal, kill people to have money to buy drugs. Not only that, the state and society also have to spend money to organize forces to prevent and solve the damage caused by drug addicts. The state paid for the construction of reeducation camps, education and treatment for drug addicts. The major damage caused by the drug to the national economy is the decline in tourism. Think about it, who dared to travel to a country, a city where people with HIV / AIDS. Then they will think about our country, they will look at our country with contemptuous eyes, no one would dare invest here.
Drugs are the most terrible demon of the family and society, more than disease and hunger. We can still prevent the devil's claw claw. Each of us must be on guard, hand in hand to stop it, extend the arms around the addicts, do not let them sink deep into the dark. In particular, our students must be determined to say no to drugs, to build a school, a drug-free society.
Several countries for example Portugal have had great success with loosening their drug laws and focusing on sending people to rehab rather than prison. So yes I think drug laws are too harsh at the moment and additionally have the wrong focus in their intent.
The use of drugs is wrong, there must be a much stricter control, not only in the US but throughout the world.
tringent laws have proved both useless and enormously expensive as way of correcting drug usage. Also, these laws are cruel and evil when they are applied to unfortunate drug victims.
Drug addiction, is not a problem that stringent laws can fix. It is and always have been a medical problem. Hence, less attention should be paid to stringent law and more attention should be given to competently trained medical experts, so the appetite of drug usage can be eradicated. Excessive drug usage is a mankind scourge and medicine should be used to treat it as been done to other scourges of mankind.
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FDA should be shut down.
Legalize all drugs.
The harsh drug policy like of The Reagen,and The Nixon ,which was war on drugs was highly ineffective,there are already many states who are using rehabilitation instead of incarceration for drug users,this is proving highly effective only way to stop drug menace is to educate people not to put them in jail.Also for medical purposes drugs should be legalized.
In my own stand I guess it should be more tolerated because there are still people who take it not properly which causes to much trouble for themselves and even worst compromise the security of others. There are still countries who suffered too much particularly because of the presence of illegal drugs and the punishments of the law are not strong enough to be feared by the perpetrators.
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Is drug usage treated too harhsly by laws? Should drug usage be handled more tolerantly?
Yes!! I think everything that is forbidden is what is desired and it is there where the addiction is produced. So, my answer is a BIG YES!!
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Marijuana should be treated more leniently. I saw a survey that said 56% of people in US favor legalization.
Good question! I think in many cases yes it's handled way too hard. For example: smoking marijuana or using cbd oil can be used to get great pain relief and some people may be in pain for years and years without getting the right treatment (Tried many things before turning to smoking or cbd oil usage). These people deserve to have less pain too, and after sometimes years of high pain killer dosages, there body is used to them and they need more and more of these. Which is not good for their health either. I think in these cases it's much better of them to use these things for relief of pain. But when they do, they can be treated like criminals... instead of human beings...
Of course there are cases in which people do harm others using drugs, but my opinion is, that most people using the number 1 drug in the world, that is NOT illegal: Alcohol! are causing more problems than people that use drugs in some way. People that use drugs on a normal level (so no abuse or addicts) tend to be more loving to the people around them due to the effects of the drugs... while alcohol is causing serious fights or arguments very often while people have just a beer too much...
Yes @bunnypuncher I think so. The thing is that drug trafficking is the real killer here. The costs of lives is way too big with too much money involved.
i just think it is a case of misplaced priorities, everyone should have proper education on the effects of these drugs and what they do next is up to them, as long as their are the ones taking the drugs no problem, my case is that adequate info about the drugs are not given, parents are scared to talk about drugs thinking it is the best option just because you don't talk about the moster don't mean it is not there of it will go away , we humans are philosophical beings and tend to ask too many questions and would want to answer these questions ourselves,thanks
Sometimes, we humans tend not to be serious with things unless when enforced on us. In my own opinion, making the laws and penalties tolerant or a little harsh will increase the rate of drug abuse. But, by making the penalties more harsh, it will drastically reduce the rate of drug abuse. Congrats to the winners!
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Drugs take the life of all involved - at least slowly. So drug laws should be made as tough as possible to discourage people from going into it. Drugs harm everyone.
Excessive use of drugs eventually affect human lives and some people go over board with its usage so if there are harsh punishment for using this drugs then the fear to use it and be caught.
All drugs are dangerous and its not because of the drug itself but the usage, so many of this pain killer drugs are turning people into something else without their addiction to it, some people cant go about their daily lives with it so each and every drug no matter how seriously dangerous or subtle it is, they will eventually cause harm to lives, dont mean to sound biblical but all sins are equal in the presence of God so if excessive use of conedine is treated as cocaine then people who fear punishment will do without it.
Marijuana is 50/50 since it has its advantage and disadvantage.
it should be treated more tolerantly
as there are other crimes worst than this
I think that weed should become legal, and many other harmful drugs should be banned completely.
Tough question. I guess ones answer will depend on how many of their family members have died from drug overdoses. This is a topic i really don't want to expand my answer on.
No drug usage is not treated too haeshly it need to be treated more harshly than it is.
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In a medical context, drugs are used for therapy. Whereas in the legal context, drugs are prohibited substances. Anyone who owns or sells it, will be subject to certain penalties.
Drugs are essentially substances / drugs derived from plants / synthesis that if eaten, drunk, smoked, or inserted (injected) into the human body that can reduce awareness and cause dependence because it contains chemicals that affect and affect the structure and organism of the body.
No victim no crime.
i think that drug usage has not been handled the right way. in Nigeria when the police sees you using drug they will treat you like an animal. such approach is bad if you want people to stop using drugs. i think a more approachable option should be used.