What are the PROs and CONs of decriminalizing drugs?
PROs: Eliminate the criminal activity and increase associated industry jobs and tax revenues. CONs: Likely to substantially increase drug sales and consumption, as well as public health and safety harms in the population as more people use it.
What is drug legalization?
Drug legalisation removes all penalties for possession and personal use of a drug. Regulations are typically established to manage where and how the legal drug can be produced, sold, and consumed. Criminal or civil penalties may apply if production, sale or consumption occur outside of regulations.
How is decriminalization different from legalization?
Legalization of cannabis is the process of removing all legal prohibitions against it. Cannabis would then be available to the adult general population for purchase and use at will, similar to tobacco and alcohol. Decriminalization is the act of removing criminal sanctions against an act, article, or behavior.
What are the cons of drugs?
A weakened immune system, increasing the risk of illness and infection. Heart conditions ranging from abnormal heart rates to heart attacks and collapsed veins and blood vessel infections from injected drugs. Nausea and abdominal pain, which can also lead to changes in appetite and weight loss.
What’s the difference between Legalised and Decriminalised?
Decriminalisation takes away the status of criminal law from those acts to which it is applied. In contrast, legalisation is the process of bringing within the control of the law a specified activity that was previously illegal and prohibited or strictly regulated.
Should drugs be Legalised in India?
The idea of legalizing drugs in India is not a good idea, in fact it is as bad as the addiction of drug itself. At present, possession, trade, transport and consumption of marijuana is banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and is a criminal offence.
What are the most convincing arguments against legalizing any controlled substances?
The most convincing argument against legalizing drugs is that some individuals would see legalization as a “stamp of approval” for drug usage. This may be a legitimate concern, especially regarding underaged kids who might get legal drugs.