Critical Review of How to Win a War on Drugs Drug abuse‚ especially in the United States‚ is a huge issue that affects many people and their families. In the article How to Win a War on Drugs‚ the author Nicholas Kristof explores the idea of how the United States should adopt the decriminalization of all drugs‚ like Portugal. Currently in the US having possession of‚ or distribution of illegal drugs is considered a crime under federal laws which can result in criminal prosecution. However
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table where authorities said they found two bags of cocaine stashed within her breast. This woman departed from Bogota‚ Columbia on a hot flight‚ a flight that comes from a destination known for drug trafficking. I bet you didn’t know that 90% of the cocaine comes from within Columbia Says the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. What got her caught was her inability to sell the story as to why she was in town. And when asked why she was bleeding from her breast she quickly blurted implants that
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according to an online document entitled “The War on Drugs Criminalizes Youth”‚ the drug war is often defended as a necessary policy to protect the nation’s young people. However in many countries‚ just like in the United States‚ the youth caught in the “crossfire of the ‘war on drugs’ are frequently prosecuted‚ incarcerated and denied access to educational opportunities.” In the United States‚ according to the said document‚ the “war on drugs‚ rather than protecting youth‚ has resulted in the institutionalized
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a society’s people based on their respective behaviors‚ while an injustice is giving harsher punishment to an individual that displayed the same behavior as another. In my life‚ I have experienced both justices and injustices‚ but during my felony drug arrest I encountered both concurrently. The judicial system unjustly treats equal people differently and different people equally. My friend Mo’s birthday‚ New Year’s Day‚ was hastily approaching and we had planned to have an eventful evening to
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widespread drug epidemic. Welfare is a big discussion being brought to the table in many states‚ a lot of testing is being done to find out the real pros and cons deterring welfare recipients. Reaching out to the public teen to young adult age‚ there are many positive and negative aspects to creating this law in every state. States that conduct welfare drug testing combine paper questionnaires with physical drug testing. Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have
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Drug War Nightmare Today’s society is known as the “Era of Color Blindness.” The war on drugs from the past to the future has not changed according to Michelle Alexander. The previous Jim Crowe law may be eradicated‚ but the law was brought back into effect by former president Ronald Reagan‚ known as the “War on Drugs.” The war on drugs that was put into effect by Ronald Reagan was targeted to lower class communities that had a violent crime rate. Focusing on the “Drug War” took light off a pressing
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Drugs addiction Long ago‚ people used to perform operations without Drugs. But today‚ most surgeons rely on drugs as one of the basis element for an operation. Unfortunately‚ some people Abuse drugs‚ claiming that it helps them to forget about their family‚ social‚ and educational problems. While others think that something should be done‚ to protect people from the danger of drugs. Some people believe that they
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Middle school students should get drug tested. Middle school students are getting into drugs and drinking alcohol. Middle school students our getting into drugs. Schools in several states now require drug testing for students who want to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities‚ starting in middle school. Some coaches‚ teachers and school administrators said drug-testing programs served as a deterrent for middle school students encountering drugs of all kinds‚ including steroids
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Brave New World; drugs. Now some people would say I’m crazy for saying this‚ that there is no way that people of 2017 are that deep into drugs for me to be comparing us to citizens of the brave new world‚ but those types of people are ones whose minds are not open to new ideas. Now‚ when I said drugs‚ there is no reason to just jump to the hardest Class A drug one can think of‚ but rather‚ think of ones that go really unnoticed in everyday society. Painkillers. Prescription drugs. A study done in
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have been drugs introduced into the United States‚ there have been people to abuse them; ever since there have been people to abuse drugs‚ there have been other people fighting against drug abusers. All throughout history people’s minds have being changing and people have become smarter and the ways of thinking have changed therefore making the fight against drug abusers a constantly changing battle. There have been many different approaches taken by many different types of people because drug users
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