Why Do Drugs Should Be Incarcerated

A lot of people who become physically and mentally dependent on drugs commit statutory, inchoate, property or even personal crimes in order to obtain drugs. The article “Lindsay Lohan Biography” states, “On May 26, 2007, Lohan was arrested after crashing her Mercedes-Benz into a tree in Beverly Hills. She was arrested again July 24 in Santa Monica after she allegedly engaged in a car chase with the mother of her former personal assistant. In both cases, Lohan was found in possession of small amounts of cocaine.” In other words, this article is expressing how drug abusers commit more crimes than just the standard possession and sale of drugs. Despite that drug addiction is considered a mental disease, people who abuse drugs should be incarcerated because it is a conscious decision and a significant number of drug abusers commit violent crimes. Some people consider drug addiction to be a mental disease. Addiction alters the state of mind …show more content…
First, it is a conscious decision. But most importantly, a significant number of drug abusers commit violent crimes. Drug addiction is considered a mental disease mainly because when you abuse drugs it affects the same parts of the brain as some mental disease do. Regardless that it is considered a mental disease drug abuse is a decision that could be easily avoided. Also, drug addiction leads to committing more crimes because the mind and the body becomes dependent on the drug and the drug abuser will do anything to obtain them. For example, Lindsay Lohan was in a car chase after the mother of her former personal assistant and was found to have cocaine with her. Overall, incarceration is a safer and more effective place for drug abusers because they can get the treatment they need during and after serving jail time and it will get them away from drugs until they are