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Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin be applied to tobacco? Discuss
Nowadays, the consumption of tobacco is typical in the youth and adults, and unfortunately, the use of drugs such as heroin is also becoming common between the youth. But there is a notable difference between the effects of tobacco and heroin. This is why the same laws that prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin must not be applied to tobacco.
Consuming tobacco or using drugs are personal decisions that everybody makes and, as we have realized, laws will not keep anyone from smoking a cigarette or injecting heroin. Thus it's more important to educate than to prohibit, because the youth may find the "prohibited" as attractive, and if they don't have the foundations to make a good choice, they will go astray, no matter if it's about a cigarette, heroin, alcohol, etc.
Someone who smokes a cigarette is still able to work, drive, and share with his/her family and friends, among others. But someone who uses heroine goes drowsy, feels that his/her arms and legs are heavy, does not think clearly, becomes euphoric, gets collapsed veins, and in general, heroin alters the brain and the nervous system. Therefore, heroin users cannot do usual activities as the aforementioned.
In my opinion, it is clear that, given that tobacco causes severe diseases such as lung cancer, the sale and consumption of tobacco must be restricted, but not prohibited as heroin since tobacco doesn't damage to the same extent than heroin. However, as I said before, it's more important to educate children and teenagers about the effects of using prejudicial substances, because even the black market may be more powerful if we don't teach our youth how to make good decisions.
Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin be applied to tobacco? Discuss
Nowadays, the consumption of tobacco is typical in the youth and adults, and unfortunately, the use of drugs such as heroin is also becoming common between the youth. But there is a notable difference between the effects of tobacco and heroin. This is why the same laws that prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin must not be applied to tobacco.
Consuming tobacco or using drugs are personal decisions that everybody makes and, as we have realized, laws will not keep anyone from smoking a cigarette or injecting heroin. Thus it's more important to educate than to prohibit, because the youth may find the "prohibited" as attractive, and if they don't have the foundations to make a good choice, they will go astray, no matter if it's about a cigarette, heroin, alcohol, etc.
Someone who smokes a cigarette is still able to work, drive, and share with his/her family and friends, among others. But someone who uses heroine goes drowsy, feels that his/her arms and legs are heavy, does not think clearly, becomes euphoric, gets collapsed veins, and in general, heroin alters the brain and the nervous system. Therefore, heroin users cannot do usual activities as the aforementioned.
In my opinion, it is clear that, given that tobacco causes severe diseases such as lung cancer, the sale and consumption of tobacco must be restricted, but not prohibited as heroin since tobacco doesn't damage to the same extent than heroin. However, as I said before, it's more important to educate children and teenagers about the effects of using prejudicial substances, because even the black market may be more powerful if we don't teach our youth how to make good decisions.
