<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: the subject titles that reiterate "Arguments"... the page is already about the arguments Please help improve this article if you can . (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy . The following is a presentation of major drug policy arguments, including those for drug law enforcement on one side of the debate, and arguments for drug law reform on the other . Arguments for and against drug prohibition discuss which system is more effective to protects human rights, prevent drug abuse and violence, and which system is more ethical . </P> <P> Supporters of prohibition claim that drug laws have a successful track record suppressing illicit drug use since they were introduced 100 years ago . The licit drug alcohol has current (last 12 months) user rates as high as 80 - 90% in populations over 14 years of age, and tobacco has historically had current use rates up to 60% of adult populations, yet the percentages currently using illicit drugs in OECD countries are generally below 1% of the population excepting cannabis where most are between 3% and 10%, with six countries between 11% and 17% . </P> <P> In the 50 - year period following the first 1912 international convention restricting use of opium, heroin and cocaine, the United States' use of illicit drugs other than cannabis was consistently below 0.5% of the population, with cannabis rising to 1 - 2% of the population between 1955 and 1965 . With the advent of the counter-culture movement from the late 1950s, where illicit drug use was promoted as mind - expanding and relatively harmless, illicit drug use rose sharply . With illicit drug use peaking in the 1970s in the United States, the "Just Say No" campaign, initiated under the patronage of Nancy Reagan, coincided with recent (past month) illicit drug use decreases from 14.1% in 1979 to 5.8% in 1992, a drop of 60% . </P>

Legal drug with no side effects or social stigma