Tobacco and alcohol are drugs that cause addition and health problems. Should they be made illegal? Or should all drugs be legalized?
There has been a real tricky and confusing debate going on about a complicated matter whether to declare alcohol and tobacco products as drugs and disallow their use, or declare all drugs as lawful.
The lobby of health experts in favor of prohibiting tobacco products and intoxicants suggests that such substances carry a great potential of making people their users sick by exposing them to various diseases and ailments like respiratory disorders such as asthma, heart ailments, lever disorders and even terminal diseases like cancer. They further purpose that even if one does not perish, they lead miserable lives due to poor health conditions. Such addicts often turn out to be unproductive components of society who do not only drain public money but also affect the overall index of the society. Thus prohibition of such material seems justified.
Nevertheless, a lobby voices its dissent on this issue by asserting that these materials do not deserve prohibition since they have been part of social rituals since time unknown. It is the humans who invite trouble by abusing these substances. Moreover, restricting both of these would only promote illegal manufacturing and trading as people will try to source these materials through unlawful channels.
But, there is a unanimous opinion about not allowing people access to narcotics since even a little quantity of such intoxicants can make their users completely and permanently dependent on these, rehabilitation becomes almost impossible. Additionally, these substances impede physiological functions and severely hampers mental and physical wellbeing of ones using such stuff.
Overall, controversies apart, I strongly feel that prohibiting alcohol and tobacco will only push people into procuring these materials through legal ways, but not dissuade them from consuming these; thus these should remain legal, but other drugs should remain prohibited.
