America Should End Its War On Drugs - 1974 Words

America Should End its War on Drugs Mark Julius Floresca West Coast University Abstract America is spending 15 billion dollars every year to fund and support the War on Dugs (â€Å"Drug War Statistic,† 2015). I agree and support that America should end its War on Drugs. This war has been ongoing for four decades and America seems like its not going to win sooner. The nation is spending billions of dollars every year just to support this war on drugs. Also, this War has caused many non-violent people to be incarcerated because of possessing a small amount of drug. People might think that the Government will eventually end the War on Drugs and come out the victor but that will never happen anytime soon. Instead of wasting time, money and†¦show more content†¦Many people are still against this debate, but ending the War on Drugs will cause less violence and achieve peace on this issue. America has wasted too much time and effort fighting in the War on Drugs. It has been four decades since President Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs on 1971 (â€Å"Brief History of the Drug War,† 2015). This war is also considered to be one of the longest in America and it is still ongoing like some foreign wars in the Middle East. The War on Drugs is not only located in America but it is also located around the globe from South America, Afri ca, Asia, Australia and Europe. It might give you a thought that illegal drugs are corrupting the world, but more countries are gradually finding a solution and ending their War on Drugs. Portugal in example has ended their War on Drugs. How? It is because they decriminalized the use of illegal drugs rather than legalizing it (Kain. E, 2011). Keep in mind that legalizing and decriminalizing does not have the same meaning. Legalizing would mean that illegal drugs now considered legal could be obtainable in any type of markets and the public can consume it without consequence. In terms of decriminalizing, a person who posses a small amount of an illegal drug can be charged of treatment, fine or nothing at all. However, crimes are charged for people who are producing, distributing and selling. Drug abuse was cut in half in about a decade after this policy was passed in