Examining the War on Drugs and Crime

The War on Drugs and Crime

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Introduction

Drug legalization and the war on drugs have been a major issue of concern in the 21stcentuary. A lot of money is spent across the world fighting drug abuse, rehabilitating drug addicts, and fighting drug-related crime. One way or another, everyone is affected directly or indirectly by this issue of drug abuse. Whereas other parties are fighting drugs and drug abuse, there are those others that are in full support of drug legalization. For instance, there has been an ongoing movement for the legalization of Marijuana in all 50 states of America. Fortunately or unfortunately the ‘legalize marijuana’ side is on the verge of winning the motion. Release, a drug charity that presented an open letter asking the government to consider possession of marijuana as not a criminal…