Drugs legalization

The drug prohibition has had disastrous consequences very similar to that experienced by alcohol in the twenties in America. But rather than acknowledge the failure of this policy, most governments around the world have committed to spend more resources and more attempt against the liberties of its citizens in a futile effort to stop the illegal trade in narcotics. Legalization of drugs is one of the models proposed by activists and human rights institutions and pro individual rights to amend laws prohibiting the possession, consumption, supply and production of drugs. The central argument is based on the fundamental right that every person has the right to choose how you want to take your life, including the state's obligation to respect the citizens decide on substances that decide to use. Other supporters of this measure based his defense on the belief that it would be an important means to eradicate drug-related gangs or Drug Cartels.

Proponents of drug legalization support a variety of reasons (economic, moral, ethical, medical) with different objectives. Legalizing drugs would eliminate or significantly mitigate the dire consequences we face under the current prohibitionist approach:

• Legalization: Assume that drugs are consumed and need to establish a legal framework that regulates. 
• Decriminalization:Try to collect taxes and prevent political corruption and police that drugs cause. 
• Reduce the number of violent deaths: In Central America, the drug cartels are responsible for more than 60% of violent deaths in countries that bridge in the drug trade to Europe and America. The war against drug trafficking in Mexico through 2011 has left more than 45,000 violent deaths, including many civilians and immigrants. 

Decriminalization and regulation aims to defund the cartels and thereby make it easier for governments to combat crimes like kidnappings, extortion, money laundering, etc, the result of such illegal activities. Who wants to use drugs will use it, no matters are legal or not. Once drugs are legalized can be regulated and even can collect taxes. And those taxes to educational campaigns against drug use as prevention. I do believe that is the solution.


The most affected by the legalization of drugs are the drugs cartels, which benefit from the astronomical profits that leave the drugs business for being illegal and risky. If the drug is legalized big gains becomes for the nation.