Illegal Drugs as WMD

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The paper explains the different categories of drugs and their harmful and sometimes fatal side effects. The paper discusses worldwide drug trafficking and explains how because of huge losses that the drug trafficking business brings, both in terms of health and finances, governments all over the world are trying to fight this crime. The paper emphasizes that illegal drugs are a major threat to the security of our future generations and therefore it is important to categorize illegal drugs as a major threat just like extremism or WMDs in order to comprehend the gravity of the issue and to tackle it in the most appropriate manner.

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"The world and most specifically the US has been so worried about the spread of elusive WMDs that one wonders what would happen if they were finally discovered. We have no clue if they exist and as far as reports are concerned, no such weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. Interestingly US fought a whole war on the pretext only to tell the public later that no WMDs existed anywhere in Iraq. So what are WMDs? WMDs are nuclear, chemical and biological weapons that if used could kill a large majority. So far, it appears that WMDs are really serious in nature but where are they to be found. The WMDs that the government is talking about sure do not exist but there is one form of WMD that not only exists but has been around for decades. This form has not been considered as serious in nature as those elusive WMDs that are yet to be found. The WMDs we are talking are illegal drugs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Harrison, Lana D., Michael Backenheimer and James A. Inciardi (1995), Cannabis use in the United States: Implications for policy. In: Peter Cohen & Arjan Sas (Eds) (1996), Centrum voor Drugsonderzoek, Universiteit van Amsterdam. pp. 237-247.
• Russell Fox and Ian Mathews, Drug policy: Fact, Fiction and the future, The Federation Press 1992, Page 75
• John C. McWilliams, The Protectors.Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1930-1962, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1990, pp. 63-80.
• History of drug laws and restrictions in U.S: http://mrs.umn.edu/~ratliffj/drug_laws.htm
• Dr. William Perry: Weapons of Mass destruction: three lines of defense: retrieved online http://isd.georgetown.edu/ISDreport_Weapons_Mass_Perry.pdf.

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