Module 1 Activity 1

1.
With the current issues in the Philippines, choose one and provide a constructive
argument for both affirmative and negative parties through applying a critical judgement
on your selected topic.
Answer:
Topic: Should Drug Users Be Helped or Punished?
Introduction
Addiction is a condition that affects both your mind and your actions. When you're
addicted to drugs, you can't stop yourself from using them, no matter how dangerous they are.
The sooner you seek treatment for drug addiction, the better your chances of avoiding some of
the disease's more serious repercussions. It's not just about heroin, cocaine, or other illegal
narcotics when it comes to drug addiction. Alcohol, cigarettes, sleep and anti-anxiety drugs, and
other legal substances can all lead to addiction. Prescription or illegally obtained narcotic pain
drugs, generally known as opioids, can lead to addiction. In the United States, this problem has
reached epidemic proportions.
Opioids were involved in two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths in 2018. Drug abuse is
when you use legal or illegal substances in ways you shouldn’t. You might take more than the
regular dose of pills or use someone else’s prescription. You may abuse drugs to feel good,
ease stress, or avoid reality. But usually, you’re able to change your unhealthy habits or stop
using altogether. When you use legal or illicit substances in ways you shouldn't, you're engaging
in drug abuse. You could take more pills than prescribed or use someone else's prescription.
You may use drugs to make you feel better, relieve stress, or escape reality. However, you can
typically adjust your bad habits or stop using completely. When you can't quit, you have an
addiction. Not when your health is in jeopardy. Not when it causes you or your loved ones
financial, emotional, or other troubles. Even if you wish to stop, the desire to get and use drugs
might take almost every minute of the day. Physical dependency or tolerance are not the same
as addiction. Withdrawal symptoms occur when a substance is abruptly stopped in cases of
physical dependence. When a dose of a substance becomes less effective over time, it is called
tolerance.
Affirmative: There are better ways to control drug use than to punish the user. Addiction is a
disease; people can get addicted to drugs faster and easier than other people due to how
people are raised or even their social environment. No one would get punished for having any
other kind of disease, so why punish someone for addiction. Not all those who use drugs
commit serious crimes. Punishing someone for their addiction will not help them recover or
teach them any coping skills. Punishment, rather of assisting the user, may cause more harm
than good; for example, it may lead the user to believe that everyone is against them rather than
trying to assist them. This isn't a good thing because they're already suffering from anxiety,
despair, and hallucinations as a result of the drugs' withdrawal effects.
Drug users already go through a lot as their loved ones try to help them, knowing that
their family and friends are on their side and trying to help them rather than thinking they are
against them and punishing them will make it a lot easier for them. When someone becomes
addicted to drugs, they may become dependent and unable to withdraw without suffering
catastrophic consequences. Drugs can affect one's mental state and deteriorate bodily
functioning, putting the user's and others' health at risk. Because drugs are so dangerous to so
many individuals, their usage should not be overlooked.
Negative: Drug addicts should be punished instead of helped. Why? Because first of all, it
is a product of their choice. They started using drugs knowing that this is illegal, and they will not
benefit from it. They already know from the start that they might get addicted causing larger
problems. Also, drug addicts cause lots of crimes that lead to rape and killings even of their own
family. Often, they are also not willing to help themselves and refuse to get treated. They started
this thing for personal benefit to earn money and so they must be punished for that.
Considerably, less than half of victims of violent crimes state that the offender was under the
influence of alcohol.
Drugs and alcohol are often related to the offender's motive. The person who commits
the crime is attempting to obtain money for drugs and alcohol or is currently under the influence.
Rape and sexual assault account for around thirty percent, and aggravated assault is less than
thirty percent. Robbery and crime of violence is over forty percent while depending on the state
and condition of the environment, many persons are found with multiple drugs in their system
Explanation: drug addiction is a crime and drug addicts are criminals, does this mean that any
other form of addiction is a crime?

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