Juvenile Drug Policy

Paper Summary:

This paper relates that the first groups of states to have marijuana laws were the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern states, which included Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana. The author points out that the strength of the U.S. policies is that they have requested all institutions, such as schools and universities, to implement these policies on a large scale. The paper stresses that it is the social responsibility of every member of the society to participate in the battle against drugs and to eliminate this problem.

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"Young children who are involved in drug use tend to drop out from school leading to illiteracy and unemployment. Young adults participate in criminal activity such as violence, vandalism, sexual abuse and delinquencies. The usage of illicit drugs not only results in the destruction of mind and society but also in the destruction of health. Drugs usage leads to multiple-deleterious health outcomes such as sexually transmitted diseases, human immunodeficiency virus, viral hepatitis, and numerous social problems among adolescents and adults. If the usage of drugs continues to increase than the outcome on the society would be full of savages and criminals. Crimes committed by young people would increase magnificently. Dropout rates will increase resulting in unemployment, which in turn would result in theft, pick pocketing, burglaries, and sexual abuses."

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