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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decades‚ drugs use remains a very serious problem in the US‚ even though the drug war has made these substances less accessible. There are a lot of supporting views for the motion that government should legalize drugs‚ the reasons being: to spend less on war drugs‚ to make drugs more accessible to people and scientists in need of drugs‚ to collect tax revenues‚ etc. Two well-known professors and authors‚ Michael Huemer and Gabor Maté‚ argue‚ in their articles‚ against America’s drug war with two
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hardworking. Students are also used to being surrounded by people of different races and cultures‚ so equality and tolerance is a value students generally hold. Many in this demographic popularly are fans of soft drugs‚ such as marijuana. It is assumed that this demographic looks down on the drug war. Generally students are well informed as to what is going on in the news. They’d have some working knowledge of the topic. Overall‚ this demographic recognizes (myself included) that they are the future of
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Illegal drugs have become such a large problem for the world in the past decade. Those in economic depression use drugs to not only “soothe” them‚ but to make the money as well. And of those countries‚ there is Mexico. Mexico’s Drug War has been going on since 2006‚ and it has had lots of tolls on both its people and its government effectiveness. The USA has been a major part of trying to help Mexico through its issues‚ since the very beginning of this drug war. Without the US’s assistance‚ Mexico
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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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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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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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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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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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The war on drugs utilized “tough on crime” rhetoric to create legislation that kept African-American men in a second-class role in American society. In the late 60’s‚ the Nixon administration was the first presidency to vocally declare a “war on drugs”: targeting drug use and distribution with new “tougher” policies and legislation punishing drug users. Although at the time many Americans praised the war on drugs for bringing awareness of drug use and its impact on crime‚ the war on drugs has been
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