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Weigh the case for and against drug legalization and conclude with your opinion concerning this issue. This paper will be a balanced paper discussing both sides of the issue, for and against, in which you end with your conclusion. The paper is to be written in dialog form with a short introductory paragraph. TEXT FONT SIZE14. Can you MLA or APA. The paper should read like a play script with character names in bold. For example,
Linda: Drugs should be legalized because criminalization frightens users causing them to avoid seeking help.
Martin: I think drugs should not be legalized because they are very harmful to those addicted to them.
So, you will do the following in the paper,
- A short Introductory Paragraph (not in dialog format) that must contain,
- Thesis Statement: A one-sentence explanation of your opinion concerning the subject-- which can include, in brief, the main reason why you think this way.
- A brief explanation of what you will do in your paper.
- Discussion of the subject in Dialogue Form:
- Two people having a debate about the subject, one on your side (protagonist) and the other on the opponent’s side (antagonist).
- You end up with your guy (the protagonist) winning the debate.
- Your conclusion/opinion (Can be very simple like in the example document)
- Reference page
- Four references minimum
- Two for each side of the argument
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Students Name
Course ID and Name
Institutional Affiliation
Instructors Name
Due Date
DRUG LEGALIZATION
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Drug Legalization
Drug legalization or liberalization involves decriminalization, which is to no longer
criminally penalize users of certain drugs, whether selling or consuming or illegalizing the use
and sale of drugs. Legalization is removing penalties and making the substances taxable by the
tax authority and controlled by the local government. So, should drugs be legalized? The drug
can be defined as an illegal substance used to derive or gain pleasure. These drugs include
cocaine, heroin, marijuana, among others. On the other hand, it is a substance used to cure,
prevent and contain illnesses used as medicine. We get that drug has two sides from the
definitions, used properly as medicine and negative things like opium. However, the number of
drug abuse cases and misuse increased over the years.
For the past year, the topic on legalization of drugs was very heartened According to
National Institute on Drug Abuse found that in the year 2013, about 24.6 Americans of age 12 or
older, estimated to be about nine to four percent of the population, had used at least one of the
illicit drugs. Is legalization a gamble we should try? Since from my perspective, the pros and
cons of drug legalization are very persuasive. If drugs are legalized, the demand for such drugs
will increase. When the penalties are done away with, and the price of such substances is
reduced, the demand will drastically increase. Therefore, if drugs are legalized, the situation will
be better and made worse since people will use the easily and readily available ones. Therefore,
this pap...