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    Legalization of “soft” drugs such as marijuana has long been a fight in the United States. Some states have approved the use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes but it still does not seem to be enough. “Marijuana is the most widely abused and readily available illicit drug in the United States‚ with an estimated 11.5 million current users. At least one-third of the U.S. population has used marijuana sometimes in their lives.”(justice.gov) So with all of this marijuana coming into the U.S. some people

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    PHILIPPINES: MASSIVE DRUG ABUSE Submitted by: Howard Elton Navarro John Kenneth Maimot Submitted to: Prof. Desserie Maynes March 13‚ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grateful acknowledgements are due to the following resources for lending their books and ideas for this research paper. And also the authors for letting the researchers used the following articles and selection of their books for this subject matter. Kaban ng Hiyas Library of Mandaluyong City for the books Google as research engine

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    Microeconomic policy and princliples. Discuss the Economics 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

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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 1971 Nixon Declares the “war on drugs” this entailed placing marijuana under a schedule one drug‚ dramatically increasing the size of and presence of federal drug agencies‚ and made strict prison penalties if caught with a schedule one drug. As the war on drugs became more and more prominent in society there emerged a growing racial disparity in drug related arrests and prison populations. Which brings the question of was the war on drugs focused on targeting low income African American neighborhoods

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    Illegal Drugs in Saudi Arabia‚ Don’t break this Law Treatment‚ a big problem in Saudi Persia‚ Cannabis is a considerable problem with people here‚ many of the Saudis cigarette smoking far too much as well as other drugs! I am not in any way overall look or kind a medicine taker but I know that they are quickly available. But the cost here for trafficking drugs is DEATH‚ so before you bring some with you‚ or try to finish to your "friends" keep in thoughts this! Drugs problematic wid Saudi society

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    Organized Crime and Drug Trade Organized crime and the illicit drug trade is a fairly recent ordeal occurring throughout the world‚ both strongly linked with drug trafficking. Organized crime refers to the unlawful activities of the members of a highly organized‚ disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services‚ including gambling‚ prostitution‚ loan- sharking‚ narcotics‚ and labor racketeering (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ pg.234). Drug trafficking‚ which is a type of organized crime

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    The first international meeting to discuss illicit drugs was in 1909‚ at the Shanghai Opium Commission. This led to the first drug control treaty‚ the International Opium Convention of the Hague‚ which resulted in an 80% drop in opium production and consumption. Since then‚ multiple significant resolutions have been passed to regulate and prevent drug trafficking. Resolution #67/193 emphasizes need for better rehabilitation of drug addicts and also called for complete cooperation and unification

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    Controlled Legalization of Illegal Drugs In this piece I plan to look at drug legalisation and how it would be a vastly positive thing around the world. Drugs are a sensitive subject. This is not a piece in support of taking drugs‚ nor is it an essay on the wonders of marijuana consumption. Instead it is simply a look at how much more stable and controlled our drug culture and general way of life would be if drugs were legalised. I will look at first of all the reasons why drug prohibition has failed and

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    choose is Hard Drugs in the Military by Harold E. Hughes. This briefly explains the copious amount of drug use in the Military‚ specifically focusing on the Vietnam war. In todays society drug usage is heavily linked to depression and loneliness. Similarly two hundred thousand troops in the Vietnam War where not in combat units meaning that they had to much time on there hands. The troops began to experiment with heroin found in southeast Asia. As said by Harold E. Hughes “narcotics are as readily

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