Everybody knows that the real problem with illegal drugs is that they cost too much, and they are so difficult to get that drug addicts need to commit crimes in order to feed their habits. If only people could go down to the nearest Seven-Eleven and buy a cocaine slurpee, or drive up to the window at McDonald's and order a crack burger and a marijuana shake. People wouldn't't need to knock down an old lady and grab her purse, or commit a home invasion robbery.
Around sixty-six billion dollars a year is spent on illegal drugs. This shows that illegal drugs are a substantial portion of the Canadian economy. They take money away from legitimate jobs, products, and services. Statistics demonstrate that more than one million people are arrested for drug abuse in a single year, meaning that drug use is a widespread problem for law enforcement. It is clear that drug abuse contributes to property crimes as well as violent crimes such as theft and assault.
Burning Money is Financial Crime and Waste in Chin...
When overall harm to society and the drug user are...
Operation Mallorca, US Drug Enforcement Administra...For these reasons, all drugs should be legal, inexpensive and easy to obtain.
One of the most compelling issues concerning drugs is that they encourage crime. Crime is a direct result of drug abuse, as it is often committed to supply the habit. Drug-related crimes include violations of the law such as possession and trafficking, vandalism, assault and domestic violence. Crimes such as theft fund further smuggling attempts or allows unrestricted use of the money earned from trafficking.
In other words, while some drug-related crimes are committed in order to collect cash, other such crimes are committed because the offender is intoxicated and not in control of his or her own actions. Some offenders of the law commit crimes while under the influence of drugs that are not even illegal, such...