blem with a long history. With the growing popularity of illegal drugs in the 1960’s and 1970’s, it was to be expected that their use in the workplace would emerge as a major issue by the 1980’s. Estimates of employee drug use vary greatly, ranging from 10 percent to 25 percent for the proportion of workers who use drugs occasionally on the job. The safe performance of some occupations - among them, airline pilot, air traffic controller, truck driver, and physician - can be compromised by drug use" (Grolier). One of the greatest concerns of drugs is their contributionto the crime rate. Crime will always be a problem as long as drugs exist and are abused. "One category of crime is the victimless crime, which includes drunkenness, drug addiction, prostitution and gambling. The use of the term victimless is an extremely qualified one. It refers to acts committed by consenting adults in private; the acts involve only the participants and are not harmful to others. If harm occurs; it is inflicted only upon the willing participants. Victimless crimes are often characterized by the exchange of sought - aftergoods and services, and they generate huge amounts of illegal income. It has been argued, however, that no crime is victimless. The drug addict suffers physical and emotional harm and often commits property crimes to obtain money for buying drugs" (Grolier). Crime too often is the result of a drug problem. The crime rate would probably lower if drugs were illegal because the drugabusers wouldn’t need to steal to pay for their drugs. Legalizing drugs would just add to an already rising problem. "Compared with other countries that keep crime statistics, the United States has the highest rate per 100,000 population for reported murders, rapes, and robberies. It is important to remember, however,that the incidence of crime is influenced by such factors as industrialization, urbanization, drug and a...
