The Mexican Drug War and Its Consequences Despite President Felipe Calderon’s good intentions and determination to eliminate the drug cartels in Mexico‚ the Mexican government has not been able to stop the drug cartel’s operations (smuggling drugs‚ people and weapons to and from the USA) for many reasons. The drug cartels have proven to be powerful‚ well connected politically‚ well trained‚ well- armed‚ and manipulation of the masses. Therefore‚ it has been impossible for the Mexican
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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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Drug War: Failure or Success? Many people would claim that President Richard Nixon started the war on drugs. Although it is less well-known today that the Nixon Administration also repealed the federal 2–10-year mandatory minimum sentences for possession of marijuana and started federal demand for reduction programs. He also endorsed drug-treatment programs‚ and that Nixon only made an effort of continuation towards the states original acts of prohibition dating back to 1905-1914. Even with these
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privatized prisons specifically‚ publicized and sponsored as low cost and efficient with room for corporate profits‚ further analysis indicates a deeper underlying problem an issue barred behind the cold steel gateways‚ roaming through the gaol corridors‚ a corporeal beast living beyond the superficial‚ infesting and undermining the integrity and intellectual origins of the Department of Justice and their duty for “fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.” Prison system has
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Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They were made mainly of drug traffickers and landowners. The main paramilitary group called themselves the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Since the 1970s‚ Colombia has been home to some of the most violent and sophisticated drug trafficking organizations in the
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Eugene Jarecki explains that Nannie Jeter was like a second mother to him‚ and her children‚ grandchildren a second family and not every one of whom are still alive‚ and many of whom have been in and out of prison due to drugs. She was contracted by his family to care for him while his parents worked‚ and she was a part of his family when he first came home from the hospital in Connecticut where Eugene’s father worked as a doctor. Later when his family moved to a comfortable suburb of New York City
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Audience Analysis The audience I aim to appeal and to inform would be college aged students (male and female alike) of the United States‚ namely in the age range of 18 to 25. This demographic of people are generally located anywhere in the United States. Many of these people are mostly working part time retail/food industry jobs or internships for many of the people do not have time to balance school and an actual full time job. College is often pricey‚ so this essay would be targeting namely those
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The War on Drugs is such a huge issue in today’s society. What is the war on drugs? It refers to the governmental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. There are many other drugs that are more harmful to your body then marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco‚ which are legal “drugs”‚ are two of them. There are many reasons to why the government should legalize marijuana and there are also many reasons to why the government should not legalize marijuana. Today I
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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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The Mexican Drug War can be solved with nonviolence. A person who doesn’t live in Mexico sees drugs as many things such as medical supplies‚ overdoses‚ and doctors. But‚ when a person in Mexico hears the word “drugs” many will visualize the conflict and violence their country has with drugs. The Mexican Drug War is causing violence between the government and drug cartels in areas like Jalisco‚ Chihuahua‚ and Veracruz (Taylor). Authorities are scrambling to intercept the illegal good which have common
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