Should Drug Use be Decriminalized? Today, the problem of drug legalization becomes an issue of the day. Looking at the entire range of society’s current attempts to deal with licit and illicit mind-acting substances, there are tensions in the system wherever one’s glance falls. Recent attempts to legalize drugs do not take into account the negative impact drugs accessibility will have on the society in general and on a particular individual. The major spheres of concern include: popularization of drugs through legalization causes widening drug users audience and increases addition, it involves a teenage group, drugs increase a threat of car accidents like drunk driving which is the major cause of death in Americans. To avoid these things drugs should not be legalized. Legalization of drugs will allow wider audiences to use drugs more often and in mo alli re quantity. This will lead to increase number of drug addicts. Cannabis is often presented as being a ‘natural’ and safe alternative to other drugs – but ‘natural’ doesn’t equate to ‘safe’ or ‘harmless’. Opium is ‘natural’ – it can be directly extracted from the heads of poppies. Cocaine comes from the leaves of a shrub. People should not be seduced into believing that ‘natural’ always means ‘good’. Everything people put into their bodies has an effect. There was an option that drugs can be spited into “stronger and weaker varieties” (Marijuana News, 2005). Nevertheless, this policy was opposed by Sir Ian saying: ‘We would be arguing strongly not for a double classification in terms of strengths’ (Marijuana News, 2005) So, if all the drugs are so harmful, they should not be legalized. The problem is that drug legalization can increase number of drug addicts.