s of drugs like they have done with cigarettes. Furthermore, society as a whole need to make the use of any psychoactive drugs unacceptable in this society. Moreover, the results of education on drug use has proved to be the most superior weapon to combat the drug epidemic in our society. If we take into consideration that tobacco is a legal drug and since the media has educated society about the dangers of tobacco smoke, a great majority of people have given up the habit. By society not tolerating second hand smoke, we have practically eliminated smoking in public places. We the people acted and the laws followed. If the law was before the public's opinion, there would be much more offenses with smoking in public places. Likewise, the efforts of MADD to ban liquor advertisements has made a big impact on the general public. If we educate the public on the dangers of addiction with the compulsions and madness drug abuse creates and throw in the health problems caused by long term usage, the demand for drugs, which I call "reality inhibitors" would diminish just like the use of cigarettes has decreased in America.In summation, legalization of drugs will inevitably make an already addicted society more addictive, and the one thing we do not need in our country is more addicts. By using any psychoactive drug, we are saying to our children that drug use is actually acceptable and condoned, when on the contrary we should be preaching about the detrimental effects that any mind altering substance has on us psychologically, physically, and emotionally. Baby boomers did not realize that prolonged use of any psychoactive drug makes you a slave to that drug, and this is passed onto our children and onto their children etc.... Only when we break this cycle can future generations learn to deal with life on life's terms instead of medicating themselves from reality. This must start with us, and the question of whether drugs are legal or ...
