Satire Essay On Drugs
As I’m sure you know, drug abuse has been a big problem in the United States for many years. There are more and more people being taken to jail daily for having possession of illegal substances. Because so many of these people are being held in jail for such a small crime, people who are committing much worse crimes, like putting other people in danger, are getting away with shorter and less severe punishment. We are running out of room for the people who need to be in prison by filing them up with people who don’t deserve to be there.
Drugs are something that are only done by choice. Some may say that people who do drugs are putting others in harm, but they are actually only putting themselves in harm. If someone wants to put themselves in a situation that may be harmful, it is their choice. For example, almost everyone gets into a motor vehicle at least once a day. Every year 33,700 people die from car crashes in the United States. Only 14,800 die from opioid overdose. If such …show more content…
This will create an income for the government. People will buy the drugs no matter what, and will pay as much as you ask them too. This creates a new income that the government had not recently had. There could also be a higher tax on the more addictive drugs, making the income even higher. Because this is a new source of income, the government could use some of it to start paying back the 19.5 trillions dollars in debt that the United States has. Basically, if you buy drugs you are actually helping the United States government pay back their extreme debt to other countries.
Legalizing drugs could be one of the smartest, most useful things we could do as a country. Only the ones who chose have to participate. If you don’t want to do drugs, works at a drug store, etc. you are not being asked to. But if these things become a reality, the country will be safer and more prosperous
Drugs are something that are only done by choice. Some may say that people who do drugs are putting others in harm, but they are actually only putting themselves in harm. If someone wants to put themselves in a situation that may be harmful, it is their choice. For example, almost everyone gets into a motor vehicle at least once a day. Every year 33,700 people die from car crashes in the United States. Only 14,800 die from opioid overdose. If such …show more content…
This will create an income for the government. People will buy the drugs no matter what, and will pay as much as you ask them too. This creates a new income that the government had not recently had. There could also be a higher tax on the more addictive drugs, making the income even higher. Because this is a new source of income, the government could use some of it to start paying back the 19.5 trillions dollars in debt that the United States has. Basically, if you buy drugs you are actually helping the United States government pay back their extreme debt to other countries.
Legalizing drugs could be one of the smartest, most useful things we could do as a country. Only the ones who chose have to participate. If you don’t want to do drugs, works at a drug store, etc. you are not being asked to. But if these things become a reality, the country will be safer and more prosperous