Part one of term paper
The image of an egg being "our brain on drugs" is still clear to us ten years after the popular commercial was on television. Society today has accepted into its mainstream that drugs are a negative force in our society, and "the toll of drug use measured in lost productivity, in rising health insurance costs, in hospitals flooded with drug o ...

Part two of term paper
... have become a serious threat to the stability of our society, and legalization is one step in the right direction towards curing this seemingly unbeatable disease. How does legalizing one of the most deadly substances known to man actually eliminate it? It sounds ironical, but in fact, it makes perfect sense. First, by making drugs legal, you eliminate all source of profit made by dealers in illegal trading. Destroying that aspect of society will reduce the amount of drug related crime. Then t ...