Drugs

WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US ABOUT PRESENT DAY DRUG LEGISLATION AND POLICY? The legalisation of certain drugs is an issue that Australia has tried to find a solution to for many years. Throughout history certain drugs have become legal, while others remain illegal. In the United States, 1880¡¦s ¡¥cocaine was the drug of choice and was a key ingredient in Coca Cola until 1903. Opium use was also widespread, predominantly by middle-class women who obtained it …showed first 75 words of 2399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2399 total…millions of dollars are being spend per year because of drugs. If illicit drugs were legal crimes to obtain certain drugs may not be occurring. Deaths from overdoses would not be happening and (deaths caused by drugs cut with bad substances and/or because of citizens being afraid to get assistance). Alcohol and tobacco kills more people per year than any illicit drug although with knowledge that we have today legalisation may have been different.