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lifestyle‚ has now gained the reputation as one of the largest drug consumers to this day. Drugs are now seen as a major problem in the American way of life‚ but this is no new dilemma. Drugs themselves have existed in America since the landing of the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock‚ but never before have they augmented in such a proportion until this past century. The first piece of legislation which would later lead to the “war on drugs” was the Harrison Tax Act of 1914‚ in which it restricted the sale
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Amy Jones PHIL 1400 May 5‚ 2010 America’s Unjust Drug War It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over‚ expecting a different result; this statement fairly sums up the War on Drugs. Let us imagine a scenario of two men‚ one of them has killed 4 young women in cold blood‚ for ‘sport’ as he likes to say; the other man was caught with a large amount of an illegal drug. In prison it would not be unlikely for these two to share a cell‚ but my question is
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hardworking. Students are also used to being surrounded by people of different races and cultures‚ so equality and tolerance is a value students generally hold. Many in this demographic popularly are fans of soft drugs‚ such as marijuana. It is assumed that this demographic looks down on the drug war. Generally students are well informed as to what is going on in the news. They’d have some working knowledge of the topic. Overall‚ this demographic recognizes (myself included) that they are the future of
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caused by regional narcotic wars and global drug trafficking. The epidemic of drug trafficking and violence has resulted in a war between Mexico’s government and the Narcos who instigate these acts of violence. There has been an ongoing fight between the Mexican Government and Narcos as far back as 2006. Before a fight erupted between the Mexican government and the Narcos‚ war brewed among several drug cartels. As violence and competition only made tension among drug cartel worse‚ violence began
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Richard Nixon first declared a “war on drugs” in 1971‚ the war escalated during the Reagan presidency and shifted its focus from treatment toward incarceration and law enforcement. As George Moss and Evan Thomas explain‚ Reagan came to Washington “committed to waging a war on drugs and bringing the international drug trade under control” in 1981. Thanks to the rise of the Medellin Cartel in Colombia and other cartels in Latin America during the 1980s‚ illegal drug trade networks flourished‚ and America
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According to Larry Elder‚ “The war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt” ("war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt. - Larry Elder
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The War on Drugs and Prison Overcrowding David Turner CCJ 1020 October 06‚ 2012 Overcrowding is one of the most difficult challenges that prison administrators face in the United States. There are many factors that that affect the constant flow of people being processed into today’s prisons. The “war on drugs” has led to more arrest and convictions that any other crime. The money spent on the prohibition of drugs and the law enforcement presence to stop drug trafficking raises high into the
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In the article “Drugs: America’s Holy War‚” Arthur Benavie speaks of the social problems that can arise with the use and supply of illicit and illegal drugs. He begins asking the reader‚ who’s the enemy in this war on drugs? I asked myself in the beginning if is it even realistic to assume there is an actual war on drugs. Benavie explains that society is constantly reminded of the harmful effects of certain drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin‚ LSD‚ ecstasy‚ cocaine‚ morphine‚ methamphetamine‚ amphetamines
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War on Drugs: Mexican Cartels Geography101B Baker College As Americans in the United States face the war on drugs‚ we struggle to get a grip on the killer of a nation. It seems as if illegal narcotics are killing and destroying families at an alarming rate. Since the early eighties‚ children have dropped out of school to make a profit from this dream killer. Many parents were either addicted to these illegal drugs‚ or in denial of their corruption. In many legal cases you hear the convicted
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