How does one end the consistent drug problem going on in the United States? It is simple‚ take the emphasis off the war on drugs and start placing those resources elsewhere. Looking at the approach the United States has implemented‚ as it has been the most ineffective route taken. With the legalization of marijuana‚ America can take a major leap towards a progressive future. Following the start to the war on drugs with its roots beginning with the Nixon presidency‚ the effects can be seen as
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Nowadays‚ the Colombian government is closing the agreements with Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia‚ FARC. These agreements will take Colombia to a different environment where the security institutions will have to focus on problems that have a diverse nature. These challenges are going to be drug trafficking‚ corruption‚ illegal economies‚ criminal gangs‚ and Venezuelan instability‚ among others. The mission command philosophy‚ applied in all levels of planning‚ may have a valuable and
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Purdue Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that created the drug called OxyContin‚ which is widely credited for having launched the opioid epidemic that has come to affect several Canadian regardless of socioeconomic status. Canada being the world’s second-largest per capita per consumer of opioids behind the United States which is rooted in over-prescribing. The rise of OxyContin was initially thought to be a beneficial one because it was advertised as a pain reliever was produced with a slow-release
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Substance Abuse: Among Society’s Youth Tyra Klein English 20-1 Mrs. Rainier October.8th 2013 Klein 1Substance Abuse: Among Society’s Youth Substance Abuse is all around us in today’s society. 60% of all illicit drug users are between the ages fifteen and twenty-four (Stats Canada). This means teens have the highest risk to fall into a path of drug use. Three common factors can cause drug abuse among teens; Social Factors‚ ’the high mentality’‚ and the availability of a drug to teens. These
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Aside from Mexico‚ we also have Colombia‚ which is known as the capital of drug-trafficking. It is believed that approximately half of the cocaine in the rest of the world comes from here. Since the 1970’s‚ this country has been the home to the “most violent and sophisticated drug trafficking organizations in the world.” The cocaine they grow here‚ is mostly grown in areas where “the state has long lacked control‚”7which is mostly in the jungle and outer-city areas. This land is used for cocaine
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The world is facing an epidemic of cocaine use by adolescents and young adults from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Epidemiologic data suggest that cocaine use is a serious public health problem because it is highly addictive and is associated with a variety of neurological complications. Cocaine‚ a natural alkaloid‚ is extracted from leaves of an Andean shrub‚ Erythroxylon coca. Coca leaves were used by the native populations to alleviate the rigors of high altitude and to diminish
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Running Head: The War on Drugs The War on Drugs and Sentencing Disparities Social Policy Analysis Paper Janet Gaines Hood College Introduction This paper will examine the history of the “War on Drugs” and the racial and sentencing disparities that have resulted because of it. In the House of Representatives a new bill was introduced on January 7‚ 2009. Policy number H.R.265‚ was cited as “Drug Sentencing reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009. The never ending drug
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In all societies‚ there are substances that are deemed as both not acceptable and acceptable for consumption. The laws today are a result of ever changing societal norms. Before a particular drug is discovered‚ it is not illegal; it simply exists in nature. When that substance is introduced into a society‚ it must be determined if its effects are in line with the societies morals which may be in large part regulated by the dominate religion. If it is proven to be beneficial to the society and abides
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The film The Two Escobar’s‚ directed by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist‚ is a documentary about “narco-soccer”‚ which was a time period in Columbia when it was prevalent for drug kingpins to use soccer clubs to launder their money. One of the most infamous kingpins was Pablo Escobar. Pablo was typically known as a murderer in Columbia‚ but did have one passion in life‚ and that was soccer. The other Escobar‚ Andres‚ who had no blood relation to Pablo‚ was the star defensive player for Columbia’s soccer
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Drugs: “Will Our People Ever Get Over This Tragedy” Kimmie L. Jordan COM 220 Research Writing University of Phoenix Richard N. Dettling MSHRM‚ PHR August 29‚2009 There has been a never ending battle against Drugs in our local cities an d home has long as anyone can remember .Illicit drugs have take over this Nation. We have the people need to fight for what we know is right. This drug is not only affecting
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