The Good and Bad: The War on Drugs The current War on Drugs has had horrible effects on society economically and socially. The drug prohibition efforts have had little impact on the supply of illicit drugs and have had no success in lowering the demand. Rather than spending trillions and incarcerating millions for a failed drug war we should be regulating the supply of drugs and providing treatment for those who want it. Legalizing drugs would lower abuse and deaths from illicit substances and
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the ongoing drug war. The drug abuse that this nation has been through has grown exponential in the past decade. The nation is going down a never-ending hill. The outcome of this war could not be stopped. As few have accepted‚ the drug abuse cannot be contained. Just as Gary Mendell said “There is no single way to end the addiction crisis that has ravaged so many communities”‚ there is no containing the drug abuse to single town or community.(Katel) Due to the on growing of new drugs‚ the authorities
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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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In 1971‚ President Nixon declared and implemented the War on Drugs. Since that time‚ the U.S. has spent approximately 1 trillion dollars funding this campaign. Now‚ I am not a mathematician‚ but that would be about 25 billion dollars per year or 793 dollars per second. Today‚ illegal drugs are cheaper and easier to acquire despite astronomical amounts of government spending to enforce a failing policy. The War on Drugs should be ended for two reasons: the dramatic growth of incarceration rates and
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believe the war on drugs is racist‚ you must only view the pie chart in Chapter 8 to see the evidence. (Macionis 2017) While African Americans account for only 13.3% of the total U.S. population they account for 40.7% of prison inmates‚ Hispanics account for 17.6% of the total U.S. population comprise 21.1% of the prison population and Whites who account for 62.06% of the total U.S. population comprise only 29.9% of the prison population. The video that accompanied this chapter The war on Drugs is Racist
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Carpenter‚ Ted. "Undermining Mexico’s Dangerous Drug Cartels." Cato Institute. N.p.. Web. 23 Jul 2013. <http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/undermining-mexicos-dangerous-drug-cartels>. Al-Eryani‚ Ausan. "Mexico’s drug war effects US as well." Collegiate Times. Virginia Tech. Web. 23 Jul 2013. <http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/18328/mexicos-drug-war-effects-us-as-well/p2>. Grillo‚ Ioan. "US troops aid Mexico in drug war." Global Post. N.p.. Web. 23 Jul 2013. <http://www
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Prohibition vs. War on Drugs Prohibition and the War on Drugs are not so different; both are useless and cause more harm than good to the economy. In time‚ as what was shown during Prohibition‚ this “war” will die out. Many “unions” were created to fight the consumption of Alcohol and is shown today for use of Marijuana. Prohibition and the war on drugs have also caused much unnecessary violence that could have easily been avoided if these items were just legalized. Prohibition was a black
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25 April 2015 War on Drugs From drug wars‚ to drug cartels‚ and government control‚ the war on drugs has been a critical issue throughout the United States. From the early years of the 1970’s to the 1980’s‚ there has been a major uprise of the use of drugs and narcotics. However‚ throughout the development of law making and restrictions‚ there have been numerous amounts of policies that have been placed upon this controversial issue by the government. From the beginning of time‚ the war on drugs has sparked an uprise of controversial
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War on Drugs Solution: Legalization? Proposal Much like the exclusion of alcohol back in the 20s which was aimed to evict various substances from our civilization‚ the drug war today has not only ruined its mission‚ but has made its mission unfeasible. Today various failures‚ whether it is the huge amount of money being spent erroneously or the increasing number of crimes and users‚ one thing is for sure; the war on drugs has fallen short. There is no
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The War on Drugs One must wonder if the "war on drugs" helps or hinders our American Criminal Justice System when you look at the overwhelming impact it has had on crowding issues within our prisons. At the present time there are over 1.5 million people in prison‚ 59.6 % for drug offenses alone. The "war on drugs" started over 100 years ago in San Francisco‚ California when the first law against drugs was enacted to stop the "smoking of opium." In all actuality‚ this law was against the Chinese
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