Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course: Date: Unequal Freedom: Response In her book Unequal Freedom: How Race and Gender Shaped American Citizenship and Labor Evelyn Nakano Glenn examines citizenship and labor as the key structures through which gender and racial inequalities were shaped, contested, and evaluated in the United States of America. The author has organized the book into seven to elucidate the complex relations between dominant groups and their subordinate counterparts in three different areas of the country: Mexicans and Anglos in the Southwest, Japanese and Haoles in Hawaii, and blacks and whites in the South. Considering the conflict between the two groups, Glenn dedicates chapters 4, 5, and 6 to explore the various efforts…
In addition, Anderson & Rees (2013) described how the legalization of marijuana would produce more individual using this substance; however, would result in a vast decrease in alcohol consumption and as a result, less violent crimes. Finally, Kepple & Freisthler (2012) identified ow there is no correlation to marijuana dispensaries and an increase of neighborhood crime rates, which is a direct contradiction in comparison to alcohol. This information solidifies the notion that the legalization of marijuana will not create a negative impact on the prevalence of violent crimes; instead, will produce greater benefits as individuals will reduce their alcohol consumption, thus decreasing the violent tendencies correlated to alcohol…
This paper focuses on the exorbant cost to society in regards to the criminal justice system of law enforcement, prosecution and incarceration of citizens in regards to marijuana. The actual monetary cost of not only lost revenue in the form of taxation and regulation but the inherent benefits that both state and federal government overlook will be taken into account. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 100 million Americans…
Stimson strongly disagrees with the above-mentioned statements about the possible incentives gained from legalizing Marijuana and its possible benefits with the legal system. In his legal memorandum entitled “Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No,” he states that marijuana trafficking is linked to a variety of crimes, from assault and murder to money laundering and smuggling. Legalization of marijuana would increase demand for the drug and almost certainly exacerbate drug-related crime, as well as cause a myriad of unintended but predictable consequences (5). Though there is no guarantee, or even possibility, that Stimson is correct, and I whole-heartedly believe that the legalization of Marijuana will undoubtedly have a positive effect in lowering crime and keeping good people out of…
Sin will always be part of humanity, but the atonement of those sins is what matters in the end. What changes is the severity of the sin and the lengths one has to go in order to atone for those sins and redeem one’s self. In Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, guilt, atonement of sins and redemption all show that no matter what a person’s sin may be, he or she will always be able to atone for that sin and find redemption. Amir’s sins are far worse than anything most people will ever go through, yet he is able to atone for his sins, let go of his guilt thus, finding redemption.…
In 2011, after legalizing marijuana in California, the juvenile crime rate dropped 20 percent. The number of arrests for violent crimes dropped by 16 percent, homicide went down by 26 percent and drug arrests decreased by nearly 50 percent. In 2010, marijuana possession accounted for 64 percent of all drug arrests, and in 2011, that number decreased to only 46 percent (Sankin, 2012, California Marijuana…
Law enforcement has developed a low tolerance for marijuana and other drug use. The newest policy concerning marijuana control was put into motion in 1994. Since then, there has been research and data exploring the advantages and disadvantages concerning the changes and innovations that have been made thus far. Reviewing the existing research gives a better understanding of why the marijuana policies are what they are and why they are still in place.…
It is very important to understand the effect of cannabis (marijuana) and its history. Forty-three million American use drugs regularly, despite the federal government efforts to enforce the law, destroy illegal crops, seize illegal drugs, make arrests, and educate people about the harmful effect of the drugs. Many people feel that crime would be reduced if drugs were legalized. A conversation of how legalization might affect crime is followed by a look at the over-burdened criminal and judicial systems charged with enforcing the law in the face of overwhelming drug-related criminal activity.…
The effects of legalizing drugs would not have a major effect on organized crime. Situation in the past support the theory that organize crime would still thrive even without the sale of illegal drugs. The corruption, extortion, and trafficking would still be a major source of organized crimes income. In the 1920’s and early 30s when we had prohibition crime groups ran the illegal “speak easy”. The sale of illegal alcohol is similar to the sale of illegal drugs today. When prohibition ended the organized crime groups did not disappear they still had many other enterprising ventures they were part of.…
The legalization of marijuana can help reduce the $16.4 trillion deficit in the United States because it can bring in an abundance of taxable revenue. According to, “Miron, Jeffey A., and Waldock, Katherine, "The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition," The Cato Institute (Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2010), “drug legalization would yield tax revenue of $46.7 billion annually, assuming legal drugs were taxed at rates comparable to those on alcohol and tobacco. Approximately $8.7 billion of this revenue would result from legalization of marijuana and $38.0 billion from legalization of other drugs." (Para 5). In 2011, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Department seized $42,113,659 million dollars worth of assets in their fight against Marijuana. With this revenue the government could fund educational programs or help pay down the national debt.…
Wouldn't it be simple to provide a simple black or white answer to this question? Across the nation there is much debate on this very topic, one that I don't believe can be solved so easily with a yes or no. There are so many activists that have strong opinions on this subject and go to the fullest extent to ensure they are heard. As simple straight forward as this question is it was hard for me to determine which side of the line I stood on. After reading all of the articles and much research on the issue I find myself leaning toward allowing medicinal marijuana use. By allowing medicinal marijuana use there are going to have to be many precautions taken to ensure that such a non-traditional controversial medicine is not abuse as many people will try to take advantage of the situation.…
Some advocates for validating marijuana have argued that the costs of legalization will keep the United States from spending tax dollars on the criminal-justice costs of marijuana law enforcement. This is simply not true. Research has found that the percentage of people in prison for marijuana use is less than one-half of one percent. More than 30 percent, of treatment admissions reported in the Treatment Episode Data Set, are collected from state-funded programs and are referred through the criminal-justice system. Marijuana is a drug abused by individuals recommended to treatment by the court system. The future of drug policy should not be a choice between using the court system or treatment. The goal should be to get these two systems to work together to improve both the nation's safety and health.…
Legalizing the misunderstood substance could boost our economy in various ways; the United States would save approximately one billion dollars annually from each U.S. prison by not incarcerating individuals with marijuana related charges. In California, marijuana growers account for $14 billion a year in sales, making it the states most valuable “Cash Crop. The Huffington Post reports that “More than 300 economists, including three Nobel laureates, have signed a petition calling attention to the findings of a paper by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, which suggests that if the government legalized marijuana it would save $7.7 billion annually by not having to enforce the current prohibition on the drug. The report added that legalization would save an additional $6 billion per year if the government taxed marijuana at rates similar to alcohol and…
Marijuana can be considered the most popular and widely used illicit drug in the United States. State drug policies have changed in recent years, however many American citizens still face prosecution for the cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana. Despite the known benefits of legalizing marijuana on the economy and crime rate, the US federal government has still not changed its policy. The United States must acknowledge and change its role in the imprisonment and suffering of innocent people by legalizing marijuana on a federal level or the ongoing counterproductive prohibition of marijuana will continue to no avail.…
First, Laskey explains what the War on Drugs is in regards to the US and the definition of decriminalization. This article shines a light on the many advantages legalizing marijuana as a substance useful in medicinal uses, increasing revenue, and lowering the burden for law enforcement. The revenue that legal marijuana is predicted to bring in on a federal level has been shown to occur in the states that have already legalized this substance. Also, by legalizing marijuana, it would also allow hemp, a marijuana strain with such a little percentage of THC (the compound that allows marijuana to produce a high) to be grown in the US. This is a better substance for many industries. For example, a certain amount of hemp creates much more paper than four times the amount of trees being used for the same product. The opposition to this decriminalization is shown to worry about increased accidents, decreased productivity, and higher healthcare, which would negate any money saved in legalizing marijuana. Particularly related to car accidents, those opposed to the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana are worried due to the fact that there is not yet a good way to measure marijuana intoxication levels, like there is with alcohol and breathalyzer tests (Laskey, 2012). The article shows both the proponents and the opposition to this decision, making the article objective, as well as useful in regard to the research it is being cited for. This article is published in 2015, making it current and in the Salem Press, which is a database used in numerous colleges and schools, making it…