To
create a new drug policy from scratch we should look at many factors.
There is the history of drugs relating to abuse and medical purposes.
For thousands of years there have been people who have used and
abused drugs, and groups that have tried to stop drug use. We should
look at how other country’s drug policies and how it is improving
their societies.
People
will continue doing various forms of drugs, no matter the penalty or
consequence. There was a time period when people would be executed
for doing drugs in particular regions, but yet people continued doing
drugs. Laws on preventing drug use have become obsolete. As rational
people with the ability to use reason, we should deduct that if is a
futile attempt to try to stop drug use. All laws that prevent the
sale and consumption of drugs shall be abolished. The sale and
consumption of drugs will be legal but highly regulated.
The
following policies and regulation shall be a summary of what to
become of American drug policy. These policies include what legal
ramifications of committing a crime while on drugs and not staying
inside the scope of the laws about to drug use. This policy will look
into the public health and wellbeing aspect by districting the use of
drugs. Each state would apply for a permit for a sanction free
district or commonly known as a Red-Light District. The Red-Light
District will be districts where victimless crimes shall be legal.
Programs for prevention and treatment of drug abuse will remain to
exist, but with more truth about drugs and less propaganda.
Laws
on to the sale of drugs will channel through the Food and Drug
Administration. The word drugs or recreational drugs will be used
loosely and relating to but not limited to opiates, amphetamines,
barbiturates, benzodiazepines, MDMA, PCP and others. Recreational
drugs will be produced by the government or through private-party.
This will be to provide people