Drugs Legalization

Drugs Legalization


The countries we are going to defend are Netherlands, Germany and Czech Republic.
These countries are well known for their position about drugs .We agree about thelegalization of drugs because they have seen favorable results in these countries.
Some of these results are:
* Decrease consumer deaths.
* The criminal activities had decrease.
But also can helpfor medicinal purposes.
The decriminalization of the possession of quantities of soft drugs for personal use and the existence of sales points tolerated under certain circumstances by the authoritieshave not resulted in a worryingly high level of consumption among young people. Moreover, users of soft drugs do not as a rule tend to experiment with hard drugs, such as heroin or cocaine; this isindeed the intention of the policy of keeping the markets separate. There is little use of heroin and cocaine among minors in the Netherlands, and the trend is towards even less. This developmentcompares favorably with those in most other countries in Europe. This difference probably also explains the different tone of the public debate in the Netherlands and elsewhere. In the Netherlands the drugsproblem is no longer seen primarily as an acute health threat but rather as a source of nuisance. A more pragmatic and administrative approach is appropriate given the way in which the Netherlandstoday defines and experiences the problem.
The policy on drug addicts, which concentrates heavily on prevention and care, has helped achieve a situation where the health of addicts resident in theNetherlands also compares favorably with that in other countries. There is less widespread HIV infection among addicts and infection levels are falling. The mortality rate among addicts is low and is notincreasing, as it is in many European countries.
The government regards the results achieved to date as grounds for continuing the principal elements of the pragmatic policy pursued up to now,...