Arguments for and against drug prohibition information
For broader coverage of this topic, see Prohibition of drugs and Drug liberalization.
This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style.(October 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Commonly-cited arguments for and against the prohibition of drugs include the following:
and 24 Related for: Arguments for and against drug prohibition information
Commonly-cited argumentsforandagainst the prohibition of drugs include the following: Supporters of prohibition claim that drug laws have a successful...
to prohibition include drug legalization, drug decriminalization, and government monopoly. Alcohol law Argumentsforandagainstdrugprohibition Chasing...
using or concealing drugs, typically for recreational purposes. Drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine are related to a wide...
severe. Related articles: Drug control law, Prohibition (drugs), Argumentsforandagainstdrugprohibition, Harm reduction Most governments have designed...
treatment, harm reduction and other health services. Argumentsforandagainstdrugprohibition Decriminalization of marijuana in the United States Freedom...
The war on drugs is the policy of a global campaign, led by the United States federal government, of drugprohibition, military aid, and military intervention...
illicit and international treaties such as the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs exist for the purpose of their prohibition. In English, the noun "drug" is...
morphine, oxycodone and hydromorphone. Another early example of what could loosely be termed designer drug use, was during the Prohibition era in the 1930s...
that illicit drug use cannot be sufficiently stopped through criminalization. Organizations such as Law Enforcement AgainstProhibition (LEAP) have come...
specific narcotic drugsand lays down a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses;...
consciousness and makes a profound contribution to personal development. For this reason, the plant sources of some psychedelic drugs such as ayahuasca and mescaline-containing...
Law portal Economics portal Allegations of CIA drug trafficking Argumentsforandagainstdrugprohibition Corruption Counterfeit medications Counterfeit...
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugsand Psychotropic Substances of 1988 is one of three major drug control treaties currently...
characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences...
of 290 drug couriers per month were arrested, decreasing to 80 per month by early 2006. 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths Argumentsforandagainstdrug prohibition...
of cannabis ArgumentsforandagainstdrugprohibitionDrug policy War on drugsDrug overdose Rap, Alice (2014). "Cannabis: from prohibition to regulation"...
African drug trade Equianalgesic Narcoterrorism Narcotics Anonymous Opioid Prohibition of drugs War on drugs Anstie, Francis Edmund (1865). Stimulants and Narcotics...
Convention on Narcotic Drugs "World Drug Report 2022_Annex". United Nations : Office on Drugsand Crime. Retrieved 2023-03-18. World Drug Report 2011. United...
situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023): Prevalence and patterns of cocaine use". European Monitoring Centre forDrugsandDrug Addiction. Retrieved 17...
codeine, has been developed as a recreational drug. This is typically highly impure. The scaly sores and necrosis that develop around the injection site...
and the drug policy of Sweden. ArgumentsforandagainstdrugprohibitionDrug policy of the Soviet Union Harm reduction Self-medication Supply and demand...
Cannabis consumers clubs became popular in the United States during prohibition. Cannabis was often used as a legal intoxicant since alcohol was illegal...
Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. After extraction from the plant, and further processing into cocaine hydrochloride (powdered cocaine), the drug is administered...