The corrupt political system has allowed the group to control all the money going through the country. The cartels also traffic billions of dollars in drugs and weapons through Mexico‚ and cannot be disciplined for it because they rule the government (NY Times). Since the start of the drug war‚ the Mexican authorities have followed a kingpin strategy to stop the cartel. The strategy held that targeting the leadership of cartels would render the organizations ineffective
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The Glorification of Drug Trafficking and Use in Television and Movies It almost seems that anytime you put in a DVD or turn on the television set these days‚ you are bombarded with drug use. Drug trafficking and usage has become almost commonplace in Hollywood anymore. Often in movies the person using or selling the drugs becomes rich‚ powerful and never gets caught. The harsh truth is our prisons are overflowing with drug offenders. Children may not see this as the truth. They will see their favorite
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Globalization and Drug Trafficking | Topic Description: Nations worldwide have been facing and losing the war on drugs for some time now. Innocent citizens are affected with the negative side effects due to drug trafficking such as violence resulting in death‚ lack of government assistance to halt the issue‚ and increase of crime rates. In this paper I would like to discuss the actions that can be taken to help stop drug trafficking worldwide‚ starting with one of the main drug routes from Mexico
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Drugs‚ Crime and Prohibition Do drugs really cause crime‚ or is it our governments way of controlling the communities? Many people blame drugs for every problem in our society‚ but is it the true evil in our society? No one person can answer that question. There are only opinions and supposed theories on this issue. We have been taught over the years that drugs were bad and that they only affected the poor and less fortunate‚ and turned them into crazy criminals‚ but this isn’t true to any extent
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Ideology of War on Drugs: Legally or Illegally Attempts to restrict something on which restrictions pose virtually no effects is a complete failure and therefore spending millions of dollars yearly is a pure example how American government operates on drug prohibitions. Here‚ we have drug users‚ non-users‚ producers and fighters to stop it. Actions of these subjects simply collide in deep misunderstandings creating domino effect of tragedies where greed versus existence comes on stage
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regarding Colombia’s reputation for drug cartels and illegal drug trade activity‚ but something most people don’t realize is that there are other illegal trades happening in Colombia‚ one of them being the illegal acquisition and exportation of the pygmy marmoset. The pygmy marmoset is known best for being the smallest true monkey in the world‚ which is true‚ but there are apes which are slightly smaller. Pygmy marmosets are not currently endangered‚ however‚ the illegal pet trade is among the top risk
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Running Head: Community Policing and Drugs; History‚ Issues and Programs Introduction: According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services‚ the definition of community policing is defined as; It’s a policing philosophy that was created to promote and support organizational strategies in order to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through the problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships. In other words‚ it is
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Connection between Drugs‚ Violence and Crime N/A N/A 7 April 2013 Connection between Drugs‚ Violence and Crime Apparently drugs are directly related to violence. Drug abuse can lead to violence. However‚ except the case of alcohol abuse‚ there is not much data to support this statement. Comparison of information provided by two different articles can help to reach some conclusion in this topic. Drugs and alcohol have the disinhibiting nature‚ that`s why drug-influenced individuals
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Analysis - Alcohol and drug culture in Australia Following the death of Leigh Clark after the circumstances which occurred after he was supplied alcohol by another parent‚ writer Bruce Guthrie argues in an opinion piece that the law requiring parental approval to supply alcohol could save lives. The second article which supports Guthrie’s contention is a cartoon by Mark Knight‚ published in the Herald Sun which highlights the public outcry against the call to legalise drugs‚ where both articles are
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States of America are at war. A war on drugs that we are losing‚ and have been battling for over a century. Violent crimes and neglected children are only the start of where our our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons are filled. Our government has spent billions of dollars trying to eradicate the drug supply. In all reality the war on drugs has expelled a terrible downturn‚ economically‚ socially‚ with prisons‚ and fighting the war in general. Currently war on drugs has had terrible effects on today’s
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