American Drug Laws Do They Help or Hurt

American Drug Laws: Do They Help or Hurt? I believe the drug laws are in serious need of reform. We tend to forget that alcohol is a drug and that at one time it was prohibited without success. Also, I believe that a civil body of government rather than a criminal one should regulate drug use. It is a social problem, not a criminal one. As a largely victimless crime they should not have their …

…programs to fight poverty, hunger, medical research, and countless other social programs which would be more valuable to society. If we learned anything from Prohibition it is that people in a free society will not be controlled, nor should they be. Instead, let us reform the laws to separate drugs by their risk to society. Bibliography WORKS CITED Hamowy, Ronald. Dealing with Drugs: Consequences of Government Control. Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: San Francisco. 1987.