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Opinion essay: Should the goverment make soft drugs illegal?

Over the years, humans created tons of substances to modify the perception of our reality or change the way we feel. These substances are known as drugs. Most of them are illegalized, however, it is very common to find other kind of drugs at stores. Should the goverment make these substances illegal?

First of all, it’s known and proven that these substances are harmful enough to cause morthal diseases. In my opinion, just for the fact that these kind of substances can take you to death, I think that the goverment should outlaw substances such as alcohol and tobacco. That’d make a healthier society and bring wellness to people.

Alcohol is a very current substance. In fact, you can find it at any supermarket. It’s a relatively cheap substance, and nowadays it’s extremely popular between the younger population, especially at parties. Despite its popularity, an abusive consumption of alcohol can result in a tragedy. Alcohol has been the responsible of more than 6000 ethyl comas on Spain at 2016. Furthermore, it is the responsible of alcoholism, an addiction that left thousands of people homeless and/or sick with severe diseases.

Tobacco is also a common soft drug consumed by people all around the world. As long as i’m concerned, tobacco causes 1,2 million deaths per year. Tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive substance that causes people to depend on it. Every cigarette contains petrol derived substances that can lead to many types of cancer, being lung and neck cancer the most common types. Tobacco packs contain explicit images and information about it, however, people still consumes tobacco.

Personally, I think that all these substances must be banned from every single supermarket, as I said before, in order to get a healthier population. Furthermore, the ban of these substances will evite internal conflicts on families, friends, couples… To sum up, it’ll make the goverment wealthier, so the money can be spent in the country’s progress and not into people who’s sick because of the use of tobacco and alcohol.