billion over the course of the American drug prohibition effort‚ it might be prudent to ask the question‚ "Are we making any progress?" ("Ron"). Amazingly‚ the answer from experts on both sides of the issue is a resounding "no." It is clear at this point that the War on Drugs has ultimately failed‚ while the collateral consequences of pursuing drug prohibition have left America in a disastrous state‚ rife with both economic and social problems. While American drug prohibition was in motion via legislation
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Amy Jones PHIL 1400 May 5‚ 2010 America’s Unjust Drug War It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over‚ expecting a different result; this statement fairly sums up the War on Drugs. Let us imagine a scenario of two men‚ one of them has killed 4 young women in cold blood‚ for ‘sport’ as he likes to say; the other man was caught with a large amount of an illegal drug. In prison it would not be unlikely for these two to share a cell‚ but my question is
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The War on Drugs The War on drugs has been one of the most controversial topics in the past twenty years. While the official “War on Drugs” started in 1968‚ I believe it started when prohibition began. Shortly after alcohol was made illegal‚ so was cannabis along with other drugs such as heroin once commonly sold in pharmacies. The Nixon administration decided to double down the efforts of law enforcement which was designed to “protect and serve” against the smuggling‚ sale‚ distribution and consumption
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smuggling business‚ and quite frankly compared to drug smuggling‚ illegal immigration was a small part. Drug trafficking and smuggling is the major when it comes illegal crossings. Drug trafficking has always been an issue when it came to the Mexican-American border. Even though‚ Mexico has to deal with the issue of trafficking‚ the main problems starts with the profitable market for drugs established in the U.S. However‚ the consequences of drug smuggling is not seen not only to individuals‚ it
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community is that smuggling drugs is now a serious problem in American. It is a known fact that most police officers who should be upholding the law are as corrupt as the drug dealers. Fairly low paid officers are able to accumulate enormous profit from illegal drug sale. In contrast to the traditional police corruption in which police takes bribes from gangster to look the other way rather than enforce the law‚ many police officer have become drugs baron themselves. Drugs corruption has also penetrated
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Drug Legalization in the United States Kristie Hurley Ashford University Abstract This paper will explore four websites and one online newspaper addressing the subject of drug trafficking in the United States and why legalization is a profitable alternative. The various ways drugs are bought into the country‚ information on how and why drug trafficking has increased in the United States‚ statistics on the number of people that are addicts‚ and the problems related to foreign countries on this
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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 trade and the
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Cycle of Misery: Impact of Drug Trafficking “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss‚ the abyss will gaze back into you”- Friedrich Nietzsche. Greed and gluttony drive humans into the greatest lengths of corruption. This is the culprit and cause of Colombia becoming the biggest cocaine producer in the world. The link between poverty and drug trafficking is thrived from the corruptness of the global capitalist
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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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preferential securitisation of drugs and weapons related crime; in the case of the former Emmers (119-121) supports this notion. He points out that the illegal drug trafficking industry contributes to money laundering‚ arms smuggling‚ organised crime‚ corruption‚ illegal migration and possibly also terrorism (120). Furthermore‚ he emphasises that these factors contribute to societal‚ economic‚ and political degradation; consumer health and safety is affected as a result of increased drug use and crime levels
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