I. Introduction- Drugs are considered to be a modern day issue. However‚ if we look to the archeological records‚ we would find that our ancestors used drugs such as‚ alcohol‚ opium‚ cocoa‚ magic mushrooms among others for both medical and spiritual purposes. Throughout the years many policies have been created in order to minimize the use of drugs. For example‚ the first anti-opium laws were directed at the Chinese immigrants in the 1870’s. In the 1900’s‚ an anti-cocaine laws were directed in the
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A Rhetorical Analysis In the article‚ “An End to the War on Weed”‚ Nathan Comp talks about how the legalization of marijuana has become a movement that has gained momentum in the past few decades and how‚ over the years‚ the number of people in favor of legalization has significantly increased. In this article‚ Comp seems to effectively use rhetoric to get his point across. The article is divided into three sections‚ and Comp uses ethos‚ logos and pathos throughout the article in order to
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week 5 hum/111 question government should legalize drugs. This would eliminate the dangers associated with its underworld existence‚ such as gangs‚ criminal activity‚ risky behavior on the part of users‚ support for terrorist activities‚ money laundering‚ and so on. Meanwhile‚ some oppose this view and defend the illegality of drugs on the basis that they are harmful to the individual and society. Is this an example of a problem becoming an issue? Explain why or why not. Yes this is a perfect
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A War for Drugs The media constantly bombards viewers with the so-called “war on drugs”; indeed the issue that many nations face is one of concern. Due to competition among drug cartels‚ innocent people suffer injuriously; therefore‚ these nations wage a theoretical war against the spread and corruption of drugs. However‚ aside from there being a “war on drugs”‚ it seems that in today’s modern quest for perfect health‚ or at least prolonged health‚ the drug industries in the United States (also
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Critique of Journal article The article being critiqued is titled; Randomised controlled trial of motivational interviewing compared with drug information and advice for early intervention among young cannabis users written by Jim McCambridge‚ Renee L Slym and John Strang published in 2008 in the journal Addiction‚ pages 103-111. Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug and poses many physical‚ social and psychological risks especially in young people‚ it seems that even with the current primary
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Has the war on drugs been a success? According to Iacocca the United States has spent 40 billion dollars on fighting drugs for the past 36 years. We as a nation have spent about one trillion dollars against drugs. What do we have to show for it? How can our nation spend forty billion dollars a year and not have any results? If we are going to spend forty billion dollars on something wouldn’t you think that there would be a major crackdown on our nations problems? I would and I want something to
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Health in Prison Protection from those who do wrong is what we want in this society‚ but who protects the ones inside. The trauma of being locked inside and not being protected‚ however; there are no guarantees they will make it home safe and healthy. The war on drugs is not only attacking society but also attacking the place that claims to help those convicted for crimes Such as in the article “The New Jim Crow” by Mitchell Alexander‚ the author provides us with many information about the drug
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Extra credit: SOCI 2201 Name: Lauryn Tonou Sociological analysis of “The House I Live In” The incarceration system in the country has become predicated on economics rather than justice. Drug abuse is not a crime against the society‚ it is mainly medical as problem. Ethnic and racial prejudice rooted social control in American anti-drug policy. Those are arguments deftly assembled in the documentary by Eugene Jarecki with assistance from David Simon‚ former crime reporter. This documentary is
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DQ questions week 5 1. Click on the Toolwire® Learnscape link on your student Web site for Week Five. Some people argue the government should legalize drugs. This would eliminate the dangers associated with its underworld existence‚ such as gangs‚ criminal activity‚ risky behavior on the part of users‚ support for terrorist activities‚ money laundering‚ and so on. Meanwhile‚ some oppose this view and defend the illegality of drugs on the basis that they are harmful to the individual and society
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Proposal: United States Drug Policy Out of all the United State’s failed policies‚ the war on drugs is one of the oldest and most epic failures. Federal laws regarding marijuana have been especially problematic for both citizens and our country as a whole. These archaic laws prohibiting marijuana need to be reviewed and reformed with a modern day‚ scientific point of view. That is why I have chosen to analyze the United States failing initiative to put an end to marijuana within it’s boarders
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