President Calderon’s government is currently fighting the drug problem of Mexico. In Calderon’s home in the state of Michoacan‚ the states of Jalisco‚ and Guerrero drug related violence has increased considerable. Life has changed for the worst in Mexico under the rising tsunami of drug violence. As early as October of 2007‚ the United States drug czar declared that the civil war in Mexico had greatly affected the drug trade in the United States. Cocaine distribution has risen up to 50 percent
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smuggling business‚ and quite frankly compared to drug smuggling‚ illegal immigration was a small part. Drug trafficking and smuggling is the major when it comes illegal crossings. Drug trafficking has always been an issue when it came to the Mexican-American border. Even though‚ Mexico has to deal with the issue of trafficking‚ the main problems starts with the profitable market for drugs established in the U.S. However‚ the consequences of drug smuggling is not seen not only to individuals‚ it
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April 2004 Selling Drugs for Fun and Profit The War on Drugs is an unmitigated waste of time money and manpower. While the United States has increased the mandatory minimums‚ it has done nothing to stem the need for a good buzz. The only thing better than a blunt is a nice piece of chunky monkey all lubed up and ready to go. You can say that drug dealers are evil people‚ but in reality they are no more than just businessmen. They see a need and they fill it. Prostitutes and drug dealers are no
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The Spread of Drug Addiction a reflection by John Mark P. Burila BSEd 3-C major in Physical Science “Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; however‚ staggering as these numbers are‚ they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease‚” Numerous incidents have been reported in television and social Medias about drug users and dealers who are caught in the acts‚ especially in those squatters area or what they call “drug dens”. Not only those person
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Reducing Drug Trafficking in the USA Christopher King Eng122: English Composition II Mathew Norsworthy July 13‚ 2011 The topic selected by the author is reducing drug trafficking in the United States. The reason this was picked for the topic is because of the growing number of issues surrounding this topic. There are so many issues to argue in this research paper. Some of these issues are corruption in the countries
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students caught with or using drugs has increased dramatically. According to the New York Times‚ schools have even started to drug test. Schools should be able to perform drug tests for all students especially student athletes. There are lots of benefits of drug testing. For example‚ because of drug testing in schools‚ students learn drugs are dangerous and they break the law by using them. The results from the drug tests would show if students have or haven’t done drugs. There are hundreds of benefits
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Drug trafficking in the United States The topic that was selected was Drug Trafficking in the United States. The reason this was chosen was because there are so many issues that surround this topic. These issues are growing more and more each year. Some of these issues are not enough border patrol to stop drugs from entering the U.S.‚ more drugs each year are entering the U.S‚ drug related deaths are on the rise‚ and the funding to increase border patrol. There is a lot of information to
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Americans use or have used some type of drug(s). When the topic of drug use and/or abuse brought up‚ naturally‚ alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illicit drugs are brought into the discussion while disregarding medically accepted drugs. Prescription drugs are usually not included although they make up a high percentage of misuse‚ abuse‚ and death. Properly prescribed medication causes approximately 106‚000 deaths and over 2 million serious side effects. Illicit drugs cause between 10‚000 and 20‚000 deaths per
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been taken due to the huge demand for drugs crossing from Mexico into the United States. The murder rate is extremely high‚ and has caused so much chaos between both countries because of this. Drug dealers in the United States contact drug dealers in Mexico‚ and vice versa‚ to cross the drugs between borders illegally. A high percentage of the time‚ either of the drug dealers from both sides will have a scape goat swim the border while carrying high amounts of drugs with them‚ or will attempt to cross
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Drug Trafficking In United States Rashaan Ford ENG122: English Composition II Tina Miller August 19‚ 20 Drug trafficking in the United States have been a problem since the mid 1970’s.The illegal drug market in the United States is one of the most profitable in the world. Drug Enforcement agencies faces many hard challenges in protecting our borders. Diverse criminal groups operating from South America smuggles cocaine‚ heroine‚ and marijuana into the United States by a variety of
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