FREE ESSAY ON HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE ECONOMY

HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE ECONOMY

The word drug is defined as "any substance other than food that can affect the way your
mind and body work." There are hundreds of different drugs, each with its particular
effect on the body's nervous system. For instance, narcotics are a series of drugs that
affect the mind, causing mental changes. The United States Government will not allow new
drugs to be prescribed by a doctor or sold by a pharmacist until the drug has been
thoroughly tested and proven to be medically safe. These tests take as long as years to
be approved for public use. Unstable drugs, referred to on the streets as Crack, PCP,
Ice, LSD, Speed, and many others, are made up of several chemical substances which are
produced illegally under poor circumstances. Unstable drugs are responsible for killing
thousands of young people each year, those who escape death are sometimes confined to a
mental institution. (http://netunlimited.net/~cdapnc) . 
The topic of drug abuse prevention is a big one among the leaders in America. Kids as
young as eleven years old experimenting with drugs. Signs to look for, for people getting
into drugs, according to the D.A.R.E. Manual are dramatic changes in behavior, signs of
physical deterioration, identification with drug culture, signs of paraphernalia,
dramatic changes in school performance, these are only a few. We are taught as children
to avoid danger, though it does not always come through in the end. And the sad thing is
that the people who suffer from these killers (drugs) place them in their own bodies. The
end result is the same. So what is the difference? (http://saynonow.org). 
Drugs are effecting the economy and America. I think we need to make a stand now, because
the kids of America today, do not need this. We are the leaders of tomorrow. Drugs are
affecting us by changing our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. If I was high right now, I
couldn't write this paper. 
The economy is being effected as we speak because of substance abuse. People are spending
their hard-earned money on Ice, Crack, LSD, and Dope!?! The money spent on drugs is less
money for taxes to pay for the building of better schools, or making of better roads,
money not being spent on helping a child, or even buying videocassette tapes. This takes
us to the word opportunity cost, which means that the real cost of a product is not the
amount of money spent, but the things that cannot be bought because money is spent. Now
let me tell you this, when you're dealing with drugs, there is opportunity cost going on
there. Let's relate to the younger generation: You're walking down the street, it's a
beautiful Saturday afternoon, and there's a big anniversary date that night with your
girlfriend. You see a guy you recognize and he offers you marijuana for $100.00. You
accept the deal thinking nothing of it. Later that night the bill comes in at the Italian
restaurant, that same restaurant where you had your first date at, and the bill comes out
to $95.41. Now, the money you spent on drugs for Sunday would have bought you the meal,
but instead you have to stay after and wash dishes to work off the money.
I guess what I'm trying to say in this paper, about how drugs affect the economy, is that
the biggest stab is at the younger generation. I think we are the people of the new
millenium. Being these people we do not need drugs to ruin the things that we will bring
to the economy. Especially the things we bring that will make us the best ... for the
"next thousand years."