2.0 Executive Summary In this report‚ the contemporary legal issue of illicit drugs and young offenders has been discussed and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the criminal justice system when dealing with this issue has been conducted. The issue of illicit drugs and why the consumption of these drugs is dangerous to Australian youth is explored and the Australian law that deals with psychoactive drugs and young offenders is also stated. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the criminal justice
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of the war on drugs: The global war on drugs has been a downhill battle with no apparent success‚ which has also hailed devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Since the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs‚ set up in 1961‚ and ex U.S. president Nixon’s declaration of war on drugs in 1971‚ billions of dollars and 10‚000’s of lives have been lost in this failing attempt to control the flow of these substances; in which the attempt to do so has
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Drug production and drug dealing today has become a substantial source of revenue. Whether for making up budget deficits or for the enrichment of certain individuals‚ population groups‚ firms or even countries‚ drugs are distributed worldwide. Drugs also involve economically marginalized sectors of the population‚ such as peasant producers or some small-scale drug dealers‚ criminal organizations or certain closely-knit sectors of society in the world of business or State institutions. The recycling
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Drug Trafficking of College Students in United States: Are Parents and Academic Teachers responsible to stop it? M. Vanessa Millan ENG 122: English Composition II Teresa Plummer September 3‚ 2012 Drug Trafficking of College Students in the United States: Are Parents and Academics responsible to stop it? Drug dealing on college campuses currently presents one of the most challenging problems on the US social and legal agenda. The cases of drug trafficking are serious and require immediate
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Topic: Response and Social Policy paper on “Iatrogenic Government” The response to drug use in America and in some countries around the world seems to have an interesting history. As the author Daniel Patrick Moynihan describes the unintended consequences society faces when government does not deal effectively with issues of drugs in society. He provided several references that shows the historical and present connections to government interrelations and how many of these decisions have some
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an anonymous city than in a close-knit village. Nowadays many people move to big cities in order to start a new life. People argue about which is the better choice‚ living in the big anonymous city or living in the close-knit village. Those who enjoy living in the city will ridicule those who enjoy the rural lifestyle‚ and vice versa. However‚ there are advantages and disadvantages to both styles of living. Living in city is not everybody cup of tee. Adventages of living in the anonymous city
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United States needs to reform their policy on illegal drugs to save taxpayers money and give focus to more important matters. The United States drug policy is way past due for an overhaul. The current policy is outdated and continues to place a huge burden on the justice system ( Nordstrom‚ 2011). United States of America will benefit from a drug policy reform and a better look on drugs that could serve a medical purpose like Marijuana. The United States has a constant burden put on its judicial
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(2010). The Budgetary Impact of Drug Prohibition. Washington‚ DC: Cato Institute. Office of National Drug Control Policy (2012). 2012 National Drug Control Strategy. Perkins‚ K. L.‚ & Placido‚ A.P. (2010). U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
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American Drug Policy AKA The War on Drugs The American Drug Policy is a social issue with many pros and cons. So many different areas are impacted daily by the laws of this policy when one tries to separate the issues and wade through the muck and mire of what‚ who‚ where‚ why and when‚ all sense of truth and reality becomes a confusing unreachable goal. Both sides of the debate have their own set of statistics that support their argument. I suppose in order to analyze this policy; one will have
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in American society and American beliefs. Health is a big factor and so is the safety of the American people. The beginnings of this plan started in 1906. but we must look back to the turn of the 20th century when cocaine ‚ heroin ‚ outer narcotics‚ and plants was used as medical remedies as headaches to broken bone pain relief to sleeping and eating. The “medicine" even tested. It was not regulated either and most consumers had no idea what it was and most sellers didn’t know either. So
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