Before starting this blog I knew some stuff about the drug war and the effects of drugs and based on that knowledge I created a hypothesis. In order to become more knowledgeable about this topic I had to research it and by doing this I came across various websites that were very informational and helped me make my arguments stronger, also it helped me view the other side of the issue.
Since marijuana is the most used illicit drug in the world I had to get information about it. This website gives a lot of information about marijuana that is very easy to read and understand. It talks about what marijuana is, how it affects us, the dangers of using it, how is used, and the impact it has on our minds and bodies. This site even discusses about marijuana used for medicinal purposes which is something that many people don’t think about.
Since my initial hypothesis was that every single drug should be legalized found, I searched for a website that shared my same beliefs and this website was one of the most helpful ones that I found. This is probably one of the most useful links, because it talks about the number of people who have died from drug related situations and gives the solution to legalize everything. It’s great because it not only gives ideas, but it uses numbers and facts to back up their arguments. The numbers it gives are not only based on the numbers of deaths, but also in the amount of money the government can make if drugs are legalized and taxed.
Even though we all know about YouTube and how we can watch funny videos, I used it to find information. Not many people use this site when researching but I found it to be very helpful. There are many videos in this site that are very useful, and sometimes when you don’t feel like reading you can just watch a video and learn something new. As you have seen some of my posts have a video or at the bottom you can find a series of videos related to Pablo Escobar, all of those videos come from YouTube.
This website is great because it has a lot of articles about the Mexican Drug war. It gives an estimate of how many people have died in Mexico since President Calderon declared war on drugs, and an up to date list of articles that talk about the drug war. These articles which are more than a hundred are helpful because they are more in depth and vivid; they describe each incident that happens in Mexico, from what a senator said to a killing of more than ten people in a single incident.
As I needed to understand both sides of the issue I needed a site that would argue the pros and cons of the legalization of drugs. This site was perfect for what I needed. It is a very long essay but is easy to read and it gives many good reasons of why it should be legalized, from safety to economic reasons. However, it also gives good reasons of why is a bad idea to legalize them, such as health issues. It goes really in depth especially in the economic sense.
Lastly, the site that affected my position towards this topic is http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/05/world/main610293.shtml. This is an article from 2004 that talks about how the Colombian government was rethinking the law it passed ten years before regarding the legalization of a personal amount of cocaine and marijuana. This article talks about the effects that the legalization had on the country, which is why it affected my view drastically.
If you feel like you want to read more in depth about this topic, feel free to follow any of the listed links, which are the ones that I found most helpful.
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