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* While these drugs provide short-term physical benefits, they often do long-term harm, leading to shortened careers and poor health in later life.
* While these drugs provide short-term physical benefits, they often do long-term harm, leading to shortened careers and poor health in later life.
Nevertheless, there have been many high-profile cases of top performers being caught using drugs, including the sprinter [[Ben Johnson]] and the cyclist [[Tyler Hamilton]].
Nevertheless, there have been many high-profile cases of top performers being caught using drugs, including the sprinter [[Ben Johnson]] and the cyclist [[Tyler Hamilton]].
== Legalization ==
While the war on drugs still continue to this day, it is finally becoming the popular opinion that some illegal substances, if not all, should be legalized, taxed, and regulate, or at least a decriminalization for users. The common argument for this is not only that keeping these drugs illegal will continue to allow an the unregulated monopolized violent drug cartels in power(as was seen during Prohibition giving power to the mafia), but arresting a person for temporarily tweaking their conscience is something the Government has no right to do. In the states that have legalized recreational marijuana(eight as of 2016), the market has shown to be very productive for small businesses, as well as a slight decrease in crime.
==See also==
==See also==
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http://www.rogersandmoss.com/blog/14-criminal-law-articles/56-two-years-later-has-the-legalization-of-marijuana-affected-crime-in-colorado
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/state-marijuana-laws-map-medical-recreational.html
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