They included: decriminalization of drugs‚ sex work‚ and other concepts‚ civilian review boards‚ queer and trans units in prisons and jails‚ “softer punishment”‚ and the proposition to create reforms that funnel individuals into other systems of racialized of incarceration/
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Decriminalization of Drugs Decrimialization-n. The repeal or amendment (undoing) of statutes which made certain acts criminal‚ so that those acts no longer are crimesor subject to prosecution. The United States should decriminalize illicit drugs because it is a thing of the past‚ ineffective‚ and hurts millions of Americans by tarnishing both reputations and legal standings in society as well as families. Arresting people for the use and possession of illicit drugs has become a thing of the past
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More than 106‚000 die yearly due to drugs. The War on Drugs started in the 1970s. It’s the government’s work to fight drug misuse and trafficking. Prez Nixon made this term popular. This has changed a lot over the past 50 years due to social and pull factors. This looks at how the War on Drugs began‚ its effects and if it works. Drugs go back to the 20th century. In the US‚ rules have been introduced for narcotics. The first drugs were herbs‚ plants‚ roots‚ vines‚ and fungi. Anyone could grow these
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or medical marijuana user‚ and the test’s sample size was too small. More current studies of people who are heavy marijuana smokers show no evidence of brain damage; in addition‚ the American Medical Association has officially endorsed the decriminalization of marijuana. I find this to be quite a bit more compelling than an outdated and poorly executed test. His claims of damage to both the reproductive system and the immune system are again based on invalid experiments of doses administered
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Suhasni Vasisatha (Advocate) Young India Fellowship Fellow Research Paper suhasni.vasisatha121@gmail.com 10TH November‚ 2013 Is it the time when Prostitution should be legalized in India? Legalization of prostitution is the debate which does requires a deep evaluation. The prostitution practices vary from country to country. While in some countries it is legalized‚ whereas in some it is treated as a huge crime. We see exploitation on the name of prostitution as well as there comes the freedom
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especially for money. According to the Sumerian list of profession‚ prostitution is regarded as one of the oldest profession since 2400 B.C. However‚ the idea of selling human being ethically controversial and questions about criminalization‚ decriminalization and regulation of prostitution are widely debated. Some people accept prostitution since it is freedom of one’s personal choice while the others against it because prostitution is the immoral of human ethics. So‚ between those debates‚ the legalization
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Book review: "Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington’s futile war on drugs in Latin America" Edited by Ted Galen Carpenter Overview Introduction 3 I Modest results after thirty years of war 4 The war on drugs consequences on the drugs crops cultivation 4 The war on drugs consequences on the Latin American opinion 5 II The American strategy on the drug war: definitively a bad strategy? 8 The United States’ strategy on the war on drugs 8 The causes of the
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Cannabis- Legalize It! The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis/ marijuana would be beneficial to economic growth in the United States. There are many reasons to support this. First‚ the decriminalization of marijuana would save time and money spent on prosecuting suspects accused of possession and/or use of marijuana. This time and money could be better spent on other things like the school systems‚ road ways‚ and police departments. As a result this will also open up room in the jails
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Drug use and abuse is an expensive problem in the United States‚ both financially and socially. The War on Drugs has been an ongoing effort to combat drug abuse‚ drug use and crime associated with the drug trade. It’s a war without a clear enemy. Anything waged against a shapeless‚ intangible noun can never truly be won — President Clinton’s drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey said as much in 1996. (TIME 2009) Despite the trillions of dollars waged on the war on drugs and the countless arrest made related
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Implications of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States. Retrieved 08/14/11 from Prohibition Costs.org web site: http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.html NIDA InfoFacts: Marijuana Real World Ramifications of Cannabis Legalization and Decriminalization. (03/05/2010). Retrieved 08/14/11 from The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws web site: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8110#decrim Szalavitz‚ Maia Tobacco Grower Career Information. (2010). Retrieved 08/14/11 from
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