Reducing Drug Trafficking In The United States
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Running head: Reducing Drug Trafficking
Reducing Drug Trafficking Into the United States
Marcus Smith
English Composition 2
Anayah Bernadette
September 6, 2010
Reducing drug trafficking in United States is an issue that our country’s struggled with since the early 1900’s. The illegal drug market in the U.S. is one of the most profitable in the world. This is a difficult task for law enforcement to undertake because drugs are being smuggled constantly. This occurs throughout many different boarders of the U.S. and is trafficked by so many different methods. This is an issue that many say can’t be stopped, and the only way to secure the boarders is to put military fifty yards apart anywhere drugs …show more content…
Since the subject was so broad it was essential to limit the topic in order to narrow the scope for information. The issues that are most important to focus on are high intensity drug trafficking areas and what steps the United States is currently taking to reduce the flow of drugs into our cities. The type of research that seems to be most effective is information retrieved off of the Internet. It’s best because there is always current information available. The World Wide Web provides information from all different angles and is factual if one finds credible sites. In my research I chose to use many authoritative and government sites because I can rely on this information being credible. These sites have gatekeepers to make sure that all information is correct and on …show more content…
The first site that I found to be of much use was justice.gov. This site provided information on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. There was a specific page that focused on high intensity drug trafficking areas. This assisted me because this was one of the issues that I wanted to focus on. If the government doesn’t know where the drugs are coming from they can’t stop the problem. Once looking at all the areas of the U.S. in which drugs are smuggled I could better understand how big of a problem drug trafficking is and how difficult it can be to decrease the crisis. Surprisingly Wikapedia also assisted me in my research. In limiting my topic I also chose to focus on what the U.S. is doing to stop the problem. The site was helpful because it provided all the information I needed to figure out what has been done thus far to stop the flow of drugs into the streets of America. In order to make sure the information I retrieved from wikapedia was credible I verified it with a few other sites. For this weeks assignment we were instructed to go into Pro Quest to find other sources that could possibly be of use. Once looking at all the resources available I will have no problem getting information for my
Running head: Reducing Drug Trafficking
Reducing Drug Trafficking Into the United States
Marcus Smith
English Composition 2
Anayah Bernadette
September 6, 2010
Reducing drug trafficking in United States is an issue that our country’s struggled with since the early 1900’s. The illegal drug market in the U.S. is one of the most profitable in the world. This is a difficult task for law enforcement to undertake because drugs are being smuggled constantly. This occurs throughout many different boarders of the U.S. and is trafficked by so many different methods. This is an issue that many say can’t be stopped, and the only way to secure the boarders is to put military fifty yards apart anywhere drugs …show more content…
Since the subject was so broad it was essential to limit the topic in order to narrow the scope for information. The issues that are most important to focus on are high intensity drug trafficking areas and what steps the United States is currently taking to reduce the flow of drugs into our cities. The type of research that seems to be most effective is information retrieved off of the Internet. It’s best because there is always current information available. The World Wide Web provides information from all different angles and is factual if one finds credible sites. In my research I chose to use many authoritative and government sites because I can rely on this information being credible. These sites have gatekeepers to make sure that all information is correct and on …show more content…
The first site that I found to be of much use was justice.gov. This site provided information on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. There was a specific page that focused on high intensity drug trafficking areas. This assisted me because this was one of the issues that I wanted to focus on. If the government doesn’t know where the drugs are coming from they can’t stop the problem. Once looking at all the areas of the U.S. in which drugs are smuggled I could better understand how big of a problem drug trafficking is and how difficult it can be to decrease the crisis. Surprisingly Wikapedia also assisted me in my research. In limiting my topic I also chose to focus on what the U.S. is doing to stop the problem. The site was helpful because it provided all the information I needed to figure out what has been done thus far to stop the flow of drugs into the streets of America. In order to make sure the information I retrieved from wikapedia was credible I verified it with a few other sites. For this weeks assignment we were instructed to go into Pro Quest to find other sources that could possibly be of use. Once looking at all the resources available I will have no problem getting information for my