Chapter 2
Drug-danger 'league table' revealed
This article is about the dangers of alcohol, illegal drugs and cigarettes. The UK Science and Technology Select Committee say that alcohol and cigarettes are more harmful than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis. These scientist collect twenty different types of legal and illegal drugs to analyze the social and physical damage they cause based on scientific evidence. They put the various drugs into catagories from highest consequences for having possession and dealing. There are three classes which are class A, B and C. Class A is highest and class C is lowest. Drugs that are classified as class A are alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, LSD, ecstasy, magic mushrooms and street methadone. Class B drugs include speed and barbiturates. Class C drugs are cannabis and some tranquillisers. Today tobacco and alcohol are considered more harmful than ecstasy and LSD. The UK drug classification system want the government to take their studies into consideration and clear the relationship between drug classification and criminal penalties for possession.
(here is the link for the website)
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/mg19125633.100-drugdanger-league-table-revealed.html
This article is relevant to chapter 2 because addictive drugs are inelastic because they cause the person using the drugs to have craving for it. Usually when the supply for a product go down the price goes up. When the price is high for certain products people usually dont buy it anymore or dont buy as much of it. But for drugs that cause addiction the people using them can't just stop buying the drugs or buy less because the drugs force your body to consume more of it to satisfy your body. As a result of this the person taking the drugs will lose their money continuously buying drugs. Then our economy will slowly decrease if this continues and starts to spread. Many dealers have sneaky ways of tricking people into trying their drugs by giving free samples to get the consumer hooked. Then the dealer will start selling their drugs at a low price until the customer continues to buy and be dependant on the drug. If drugs werent addictive then they would be elastic because people could easily quit.
In the end, i believe that people should not even try a drug to begin with because most of them are highly addictive even though you will probably think you wont get hooked on the first try. But it is very easy to get addicted to class A drugs. Also for the people who rely on drugs as an anti-depressant, i would advise that you find some trustworthy friends and family members to help you straighten out your life because drugs are only hurting yourself and the people around you.
This article is about the dangers of alcohol, illegal drugs and cigarettes. The UK Science and Technology Select Committee say that alcohol and cigarettes are more harmful than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis. These scientist collect twenty different types of legal and illegal drugs to analyze the social and physical damage they cause based on scientific evidence. They put the various drugs into catagories from highest consequences for having possession and dealing. There are three classes which are class A, B and C. Class A is highest and class C is lowest. Drugs that are classified as class A are alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, LSD, ecstasy, magic mushrooms and street methadone. Class B drugs include speed and barbiturates. Class C drugs are cannabis and some tranquillisers. Today tobacco and alcohol are considered more harmful than ecstasy and LSD. The UK drug classification system want the government to take their studies into consideration and clear the relationship between drug classification and criminal penalties for possession.
(here is the link for the website)
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/mg19125633.100-drugdanger-league-table-revealed.html
This article is relevant to chapter 2 because addictive drugs are inelastic because they cause the person using the drugs to have craving for it. Usually when the supply for a product go down the price goes up. When the price is high for certain products people usually dont buy it anymore or dont buy as much of it. But for drugs that cause addiction the people using them can't just stop buying the drugs or buy less because the drugs force your body to consume more of it to satisfy your body. As a result of this the person taking the drugs will lose their money continuously buying drugs. Then our economy will slowly decrease if this continues and starts to spread. Many dealers have sneaky ways of tricking people into trying their drugs by giving free samples to get the consumer hooked. Then the dealer will start selling their drugs at a low price until the customer continues to buy and be dependant on the drug. If drugs werent addictive then they would be elastic because people could easily quit.
In the end, i believe that people should not even try a drug to begin with because most of them are highly addictive even though you will probably think you wont get hooked on the first try. But it is very easy to get addicted to class A drugs. Also for the people who rely on drugs as an anti-depressant, i would advise that you find some trustworthy friends and family members to help you straighten out your life because drugs are only hurting yourself and the people around you.
posted by keegant at 9:52 PM
1 Comments:
I like that article a lot, because it involves how dangerous drugs can be. But I think that addictive drugs starts off elastic, because is not really a need for taking drugs; it’s just something you take to have fun.
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