The use of illegal drugs is prohibited in the United States. If you use or possess any type of illegal substance it is considered a criminal offence. It should be known that 15 million Americans use drugs every month (Husak 7). There are various points of view that disagree and agree with this law. An advanced society must realize that the idea of ​​any attempt to allow the legalization of illegal drugs, in any way in society, cannot be morally permissible; a sane person cannot allow greater addiction in a drug infested country. For our purposes an advanced society is a large number of people who are morally knowledgeable about human well-being. A drug, for our purposes, is described as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure or function of the living organism. The idea of ​​changing laws on illegal substances began with drug legalization, which dates back to the early decades of the 20th century, but the contemporary debate emerged in 1988. Kurt L. Schmoke called for debate on control and strategies of drugs. Schmokes' thesis was that for generations the United States has pursued policies of persecution and repression that have led to little more than overcrowded courts and prisons, greater profits for drug traffickers, and higher rates of addiction. There are two main views on changing the drug laws system. One is the prohibitionist point of view which is against the legalization of drugs. Prohibitionists believe that established laws are sufficient and that legalizing drugs would further disrupt family structures and drive drug use among America's youth, which would reduce perceptions of harm and risk, as well as fail to eliminate drug abuse. drug addiction. (Inciardi 20 ). The parallel v...... center of the card ...... n illegal substance must be considered after addiction free choice is no longer free. The first few times an individual uses an addictive substance, but that choice disappears when the addiction becomes an experienced reality (Inciardi 39). Work cited Heath, Samuel . "The relationship between parental alcohol, drug abuse and child maltreatment."childabuse,com (2011): n. page Network. April 15, 2011.Husak, Douglas. The legalization of drugs. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge Press, 2005. 198. Print.Inciardi, James A. The Drug Legalization Debate. 2nd. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications Inc., 1999. 1-117. Print.University of California - San Francisco. “Prescription drug addiction is under investigation.” ScienceDaily, April 19, 2007. Web. April 15, 2011. Testament, Suzanne. “Marijuana Policy Questions.” Drug Policy Forum of Texas (2004): n. page Network. April 15 2011.