This is an essay being "Against the Legalization of Drugs"

As one grows, one faces many obstacles and challenges in life. It is how one reacts to these occurrences that determine our future. For one thing, people are offered many substances and are faced with the ultimate challenge of accepting or rejecting the substances. The one I will speak about in particular are drugs.
Drugs can be used for medicinal purposes, but it also can be used for substance abuse. Drugs are best defined as "something and often an illicit substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness" . These substances continue to affect our country…