Drug Fact 10

Drug Problems	Drug Prohibition Problems
1. A small minority of users become addicted. (Compare to alcoholics.)	1. Law-abiding people cannot enjoy drugs.
2. A small minority of users act irresponsibly. (Compare to irresponsible drunks.)	2. Casual drug users and functioning addicts (the vast majority of drug users) have their careers destroyed by imprisonment.
3. Hundreds of annual overdose fatalities. (Compare to alcohol overdoses.)	3. The lives of addicts and their dependents are destroyed when addicts are forced to become full-time criminals to afford illegal drugs worth more than gold.
	4. Thousands of annual overdose fatalities.
	5. Property crimes of addicts.
	6. Erosion of civil liberties.
	7. Billions of dollars go to domestic gangs and international terrorist organizations
	8. Billions of tax dollars are spent on bloated enforcement and incarceration bureaucracies
	9. No tax revenue from a massive industry
	10. Violence and weapons are a way of life for dealers of all ages.
	11. Militarization of police.
	12. Corruption of public officials.