-Narrow topic
The relationship between crime and illegal drugs
-Person's primary claim (Thesis)
Drug users should not be punished within the justice system because of the illegal drugs they use. Instead in order to save money and space we should deal with the users by putting them in treatment centers.
-Subtopics & sub-points
Intro-
Brought up the concept of what foreign countries are doing about their drug problems. What different approaches can be made for regulation/ solutions.
Body paragraph 1-
Talked about how much it costs to keep people imprisoned. defines punishments, what defines hard vs. "soft" drugs, how it is supposed to work vs. why it doesn't work.
Body paragraph 2-
Talks about legalization as a solution by not regulating the drug trade, the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs and making some drugs available for medical use.
Body paragraph 3-
-Violence and crime within drug users
-Correlation is not causation
-Conclusion
-Talks about all the solutions and how they can potentially reduce the drug epidemic.
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