Today people have many different feelings and beliefs on drugs and if they should be used or not and if they should be legal or not. Some people believe that it is a self esteem issue as to why people use drugs other people believe that it is within a persons values and that their values will determine if they will become addicted or not. There are others, some are users others are not, who believe that drugs should be legal because it will help bring down the crime rate.
“The individual becomes addicted to a substance because it fulfills essential intrapsychic, interpersonal, and environmental needs” (enotes.com). This belief is that people become addicted to drugs because they have personal issues and they feel as though when they take the drugs they become a better person and the drugs enhance their personality. When someone is under the influence of drugs or alcohol they loose some of their realization as to what is going on and what they are doing causing them to do things that they wouldn’t normally do if they were sober. However there are casual drug users who don’t become addicted. These are the people who have a high self confidence and they don’t feel as though they need the drugs to become a better person so they don’t need the drugs they just want them. In both cases people feel as though drugs are bad and that something that alters your personality and changes who you are shouldn’t be used because they can be harmful to others. Under certain drugs some people who are naturally un-violent may become violent under the influence of drugs.
Although many people disagree with the use of drugs they do however think that they should be legal. With drug being illegal you have things like the drug wars. Because drugs are illegal people must be very secretive of the use and selling of them. Drug dealers usually carry some kind of weapon on them to not only help themselves stay out of trouble but from being hurt by the people that they sell to. However if drugs were legal people would be able to go to specific stores to be able to purchase it, there wouldn’t be as much stealing or violence to obtain the drugs.
The common thought through everyone’s mind is that drugs are bad. That they are harmful and enervate the body and potentially dangerous to others if people make poor decisions while under the influence (i.e. driving). Even people who use drugs acknowledge that they are harmful and choose to not care and use them anyway.
Sources:
"Values and Beliefs: Existential Models of Addiction: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson Plans, and More. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .
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