Introduction.

Drugs, are defined as a chemical substance that affects the processes of the mind or body. Drugs were originally used for medical purposes. For example, morphine was once used in the battlefield as a pain killer for wounded soldiers. The prohibition of drugs have not been around for a long period of time, so it is not hard to guess that more number of people was addicted to drugs than there are today. Drugs sometimes may be extremely expensive, cost for heroin in New Zealand is as high as $1300.00 USD for one gram, (Havoscope, n.d.) so people who are addicted to it, or any other addictive non-medicinal drugs, will have no choice but pay for the market price, which may result in problems like criminal activities, family violence and cost to society resources. Some people believe that there are medicinal use for prohibited drugs like marijuana and heroin. However there are also more extreme arguments saying that it is exactly the prohibition of drugs that drove the price of drugs up, and gave people no choice but gaining access to drugs via black market, which drives the price of drugs up. If drugs are made accessible publicly then the price shall fall, which will resolve problems stated above.

Havoscope. (n.d.). Heroin Prices. Retrieved October 14, 2011, from http://www.havocscope.com/black-market-prices/heroin-prices/