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    Mexico‚ Drug cartels have had a great impact because of the amount of violence they have brought into the country. Drug cartels play a really important role in Mexico since they are the number one reason for violence in Mexico but they are also one of the biggest incomes of money. To fight the drug cartels‚ in 2006‚ the Drug War started between the Mexican government and drug cartels. Many things were achieved with this war‚ but this war also made the country’s situation worst. Since the Drug War started

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    Cost Of Prisons

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    Costs of Corrections in the United States Did you know that 23 states prison systems are operating at over 100% capacity? "The increases in drug imprisonment‚ the decrease in releases from prison‚ and the re-incarceration for technical parole violations are leading to significant overcrowding and contribute to the growing costs of prisons. Prisons are stretched beyond capacity‚ creating dangerous and unconstitutional conditions which often result in costly lawsuits. In 2006‚ 40 out of

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    Are we winning the war on drugs? In my opinion‚ I think we have made serious strides to control the use‚ sale and distribution of illegal drugs‚ although‚ the battle has been not been won. Americans spent almost sixty-four billon dollars on illegal drugs in 2000. That’s over three times as much as the government spends fighting drugs.[1] Today‚ the government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the war on drugs. Most of our drugs are imported from Mexico and Columbia‚ mostly marijuana and

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    Suggested Improvements…………………………...7-9 V. Conclusions and Recommendations……………….9-11 VI. References ………………………………………….12 VII. Appendix…………………………………………..13-34 2 ABSTRACT The proposed work design project offers a solution to the overcrowding problem caused by students who gather at the inadequate number of cafeterias at the university during lunchtime‚ cannot find any tables to sit and eat‚ and consequently cannot make it to their classes on time. The Project also provides solution

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    Alternatives to Prison

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    Prisons‚ facilities maintained for confining people convicted of committing crimes‚ were used to rehabilitate offenders while keeping them isolated from the community. The Quakers built the first prison in 1790 in order to seclude criminal offenders from society to think about their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness in a kind‚ and spiritual environment. (Inciardi 497) Currently‚ there are three types of prisons within the Federal‚ State‚ and County governments. These are categorized by the

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    Drug War Have you ever wondered what it would look‚ feel‚ or to even be in a death zone. In this research paper I am going to be talking about the horrifying death spree of all the drugs and crimes of Mexico with the cold hearted battle of the ’Drug War’. This drug war is not only causing a battle between drug lords‚ but effecting the innocent people and involving some of the most powerful people. This drug war could not be possible without the king and queens of drug trafficking.Not only

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    Specialty Drugs Analysis

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    The High Cost of Specialty Drugs; a breakdown of American’s Health Insurance Plan’s article titled‚ Specialty Drugs; Issues and Challenges Through my analysis of an Issue Brief from American’s Health Insurance Plan titled Specialty drugs; issues and challenges‚ I became cognizant of the monopoly system that pharmaceutical companies are presently ascertaining in the United States. These companies are having breakthroughs in the way they handle chronic illnesses. Consequently‚ numerous of these breakthrough

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    Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people

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    Andersonville Prison

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    Civil War Research Project Andersonville Prison Meikle‚ Caleb Mountain View High School   Andersonville Prison‚ which was also known as Camp Sumter‚ was one of the Confederate Army’s largest military prison camps. It held over 45‚000 Union soldiers. Andersonville Prison was the most infamous of all the prison camps because of extreme overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions and was commanded by Henry Witz. Infamous Andersonville Prison Out of the 45‚000 soldiers that were in the prison camp‚ 13‚000

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    In his essay on the war on drugs‚ writer David Boaz calls attention to the restrictive effect that the prohibition of drugs‚ like marijuana and cocaine‚ is having on the liberties of the American citizen. In support of his claim he cites the “zero tolerance” program that allows law enforcement agents to seize personal vehicles on allegations of illegal drugs‚ this completely disregards the idea of being innocent until proven guilty guaranteed by the bill of rights. The writer also mentions the idea

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