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Report on Against Legalisation of Opioids

   

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Running head: AGAINST LEGALISATION OF OPIOIDSAGAINST LEGALISATION OF OPIOIDSName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:

1AGAINST LEGALISATION OF OPIOIDSOpioids are medications which are provided to patients to relieve them from pain.Opiates include the use of heroin, thebaine and morphine having the same method of action andare obtained from chemicals found in the sap of the opium poppy. Prescribed opiatesincludehydrocodone,oxycodone, andfentanyl (Pattern)and are extremely useful in themanagement of pain. They also help in cough suppression in case of lung dysfunctions.However, they are abused to a very great extent in the United States and this is because they areeasily available, very addictive and easily prescribed. Till to this day, many people in the UnitedStates were in support of legalization of opioid and as the government was spending ten billionsof dollars per year on anti-drug policies, on policing and on arresting people, citizens were insupport of legalization. People thought legalization would increase drug use but also governmentwould sensibly regulate drug use making sure that misuse would be kept under control.However, the case had not been the same as negative impacts were associated with legalizationof drugs.Donald Trump had proclaimed that opioid problem has become a national emergency. Hehas announced that it has become important to shift views of people towards drug users.However, the legalization of opioids is not yet implemented and is in the discussion phasesamong the governmental and nongovernmental parties. This is mainly because Mr. Trumpconsiders opioid addicts to be patients who need help and care rather than considering them ascriminals who deserve incarceration. However, this should be looked at from another anglewhere the claim made by him may show a dangerous picture (Carl).The main reason for Mr.Trump to do so is because it has been stated by social analytic studies that the death due toopioids in 2016 in America had been 64000 mainly with synthetic opioids. This has been higherthan many other common causes of death like different diseases and prevention. It is also higher

2AGAINST LEGALISATION OF OPIOIDSin number from the cases of guns, car crashes, and HIV/AIDS ever killed in one single year(Lopez). However there arises a question that whether legalization would decrease number ofopioid addicts or in turn increases them.Portugal has seen that decriminalizing opioid in 2001 had a better effect. They havestated that instead of making people face jail time, they are caught and made to undergotreatment with medical experts and others to provide them rehabilitation service and providethem better life (Jeffrey). However, this cannot be supported due to another argument.. At firstlegalizing drugs made people use it at a higher level. Then increasing funding for treatment ofthe individuals, their recovery and their urgent overdose reversal are a lengthy process. Itrequires the huge expenditure of money and other resources as well. All the issues could bestopped at once when drugs would be made illegal. If people are not getting opioids at the firststance only, getting addicted to it and subsequent recovery and spending of resources can bechecked. The main ethics behind this is to stop human beings from getting exposed to thechemical which harms their life rather than helping them to live happily. With the legalization of the opioids, users of the drug would increase. At the same time,there would be an increase in the homicide, robbery and incarceration. Many have stated thatthere comes an easy formula for the legalization of opioids. Once the market gets filled withopioids, the country will get flooded with addicts. Researchers are also of the opinion that about650000 people have the chance to die in the next ten years form opioid overdoses which may bemore than the city of Baltimore (Lopez). Thereby the country of United States is taking the riskof losing an equivalent of a whole American city in just one decade.

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