Question

Two views on addressing drug abuse are given below. Which of two is more appealing to you? 

Ban all these drugs legally 

I support that and I believe so. 

Sorry, I’m afraid, I have to disagree with you, Awareness Programmes will be the lasting solution here. 

Imagine that you are participating in a debate on the topic‘ Drug Abuse: a Social Menace.’ Being the first speaker you make a short speech listing your arguments. Draft the speech of your arguments in hundred words.

Answer 1

Drug Abuse: A Social Menace When talking about the problem of drug abuse some people say, “Ban all these drugs legally”. Well, here drugs mean psychedelic drugs. I don’t agree with this idea to solve the problem of drug abuse. We can’t ban all the psychedelic drugs just because a few people misuse them. Even psychedelic drugs have medicinal value and they are used for treating certain diseases, including alcoholism and epilepsy. 

I think the most common psychedelic drugs are psilocybin and Ecstasy.

These are used by doctors in the treatment of diseases like epilepsy, insomnia and mental disorders. They are also used in palliative care to treat the patients who are in constant pain and on the verge of death. So we must realize that even these psychedelic drugs have positive uses and so we can’t ban them all legally; Banning them would be as foolish as throwing the baby out with the bathwater! It is true that some people abuse drug. People abuse so many good things but we can’t ban them all just because we’are afraid of their misuse by a few perverts.