Decriminalization Vs. Prohibition

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Term Paper Title	Decriminalization Vs. Prohibition
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Decriminalization vs. Prohibition

Decriminalization vs. Prohibition

     The idea of Drug Prohibition made sense: lower the availability of drugs
by the use of law enforcement.  Unfortunately, Drug Prohibition means heavy
costs while proving to be ineffective and counterproductive.
     I was thirteen when I saw drugs for the first time.  I was with some of
my friends that live down the road from me.  They asked me if I wanted to get
high with them.  At the time, I didn't know what getting high meant, so I asked
them.  One of them pulled ut a long slender object, similar to a cigarette, but
twisted on either end.  They told me it was something special.  I was still
bewildered.  They said "It's pot, you know, marijuana?"  Immediately I said no.
I had seen several anti-dug commercials, all with the same motto, "Just Say No".
I felt so good about myself.  I had done the right thing.  I said no to my
friends, which is a very hard decision to make at that age.  I was not going to
be one of those sad cases, where my life is wasted away.  I was not going to be
a crazed addict, who would stop at nothing to get a hit.  I was not going to be
dodging the law my whole life.  I was going to be everything I wanted to be, and
drugs were definitely not going to get in the way.  I promised myself I would
not end up like Jimi Hendrix, or Janis Joplin, both found dead after overdoses,
because I had the power to say no.  I had read stories and seen news flashes
about the side effects of some drugs.  I had read newspaper articles about
people in Rome, which is just a few minutes away, dying of heroin overdoses.  I
had seen people on TV that were alive, but were not conscious of their
surroundings, because of drug use.  Their lives were basically over.  I had
listened to speakers preach that drugs were one of the Devil's tools.  There was
no way I would even consider ever trying them, because once a person starts,
they can't stop.
     It was a few years later that I heard the other side of the story.  I
learned that not only were we losing the war on drugs, but that the war had been
corrupted.  The government was wasting money on something without a cause, or
hope.  It wasn't long after that when  I tried marijuana for the first time.  I
remember it well.  I was with my sister, who was the only person that I couldn't
say no to.  I took a hit.  Within fifteen minutes, I felt the most exquisite
feeling I had ever experienced.  I felt as though I was in a different world.
It was at this m...

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