Drugs Should Not Be Legalised

Certain types of drugs which are currently illegal are considered scientifically proven to have medical advantages for certain diseases (like cancer). Should these drugs be made legal and widely available to the public? Discuss 5 pros and/or cons.

INTRODUCTION

The word "medicine" commonly refers to a drug when it is introduced into the body or ingested which has a physiological effect. Illicit drugs are classified into five categories by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The drugs which derived from the opium are opiates. Methadone, morphine, heroin and codeine fall under this group. Consumers favoured heroin the most because they can inject, snore, inhale and snore it. AIDS, hepatitis or HIV are spread around rapidly when an unhygienic needle is used by the consumer to inject the drug. It appears to be the most dangerous effects because they are incurable. Besides, overdose and even deaths can be caused by injecting.

The term "central nervous system depressants" refers to benzodiazepines, barbiturates and non-barbiturate depressants. Some psychiatric illnesses, anaesthetics and insomnia treatment can be treated by drugs that have medical benefits such as Valium. LSD, PCP and certain types of mushrooms are Hallucinogens. They do not have physical dependence and life-threatening side-effects which can cause perceptual distortions of time and place.

Finally, cannabis, which can be consumed as marijuana, hashish or oil. It is known for enhancing the mood, relax the body and modifying the perception of time and space. If drugs are legalized and widely available to the public, it will offer wider access for medical use, provides personal freedom but the rates of drug abuse will eventually arise, the government will face financial issues and it will influence badly the next generation.              

WIDER ACCESS FOR MEDICINAL USE

The medical school of Stanford University has recently carried out a research that the blockage of the brain’s cannabinoids may lead to early deficits in Alzheimer’s. CBD, an ingredient in marijuana could be benefit for the disease suggests by researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia in 2013.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Crohn’s disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and epilepsy are the range of health conditions that can be treated by marijuana. Patients who are undergoing chemotherapy can relieve nausea and reduce pain. Besides, heroine is a useful drug because it is said to be able to relief pain and it's used during warring times.

PERSONAL FREEDOM

In a free society, everyone has the freedom to make their own choices. We are intruding on personal freedom by limiting the use of medical benefiting drugs such as marijuana. It is the right of every individual to decide what harms him or not even if the drug is shown to have unfavourable impacts. We should take responsibilities and accept the consequences that we have made.

Jeffrey Miron, the economist from Harvard University claims that legalising drugs would be a better policy than the current prohibition. Freedom means not just to do things that are good but to do things that might not be good becomes his basic argument.