Drug Ke Ash

IN THE DRUG WAR - EDUCATION IS THE BEST WEAPON It seems that in the ongoing debate over whether to legalize drugs in the United States, quite a few people feel that legalization would diminish the crime rate. Their argument points out that the permissible use of marijuana would eliminate the necessity for people to go into hard drug territories to purchase such a drug and maybe even deter them from trying narcotics like crack-cocaine and heroin.
War on Drugs
Have we lost the War on Drugs? The War on Drugs officially started in 1972 with President Nixon declaring that drug law enforcement was not strict enough. To ...
Even though these people assert that legalization could diminish crime rate, they forget to realize that alcohol and nicotine are legal psychoactive drugs and have detrimental hazards on our society. Since these drugs are easily obtainable, they are more often used by people of all ages. Although education about nicotine effects decreased smoking in our country, the crimes related to alcohol abuse are still staggering in our community due to the easy accessibility and acceptance from the population in general.
Americas Drug War
Today’s Drug laws seem to do more harm than good. The so-called drug war hasn’t seemed to be as effective as it was intended to be. Its original intent lies ...
The way alcohol impairs a person's brain it is amazing that more efforts have not been made to in some way deter people from drinking like they have been deterred from smoking. Prohibition is out since it has been acceptable and we know what happened when we did try to prohibit alcohol. If we were to legal other drugs, it would be hard to rescind the decision much like with alcohol and nicotine. Legalization is a scary issue when it
The Wonderful War on Drugs
The Wonderful War On Drugs In recent years the so-called “war on drugs” has taken over the streets and back alleys of suburban America. It has caused a ... is looked upon in this respect. Contrary to the feelings of those who rationalize legalization, this answer does not seem to hold a feasible solution to the drug problems of today. In essence, legalizing them is just like saying that the use of mind altering substances is not only tolerable, but lawful as well. From a anti-legalization standpoint, legalizing any drugs would entice the so called closest users into mainstream society with their abuse of the drugs that would be
Losing the War on Drugs
Losing the War on Drugs America is spending millions of dollars to run ad campaigns with teenage waifs smashing up the kitchen with frying pans, brain fried egg ... legalized and generate a mass media of intoxicated people. We as humans seem to want to medicate ourselves when circumstances are out of our control, forgetting the long term dangers involved when use becomes abuse with a particular drug. It is not just the individual that gets hurt, but the children of tomorrow as well. How many children are killed in drug related incidents each day and furthermore how many pick up their parent's habits in relation to drug use.
Losing The War On Drugs
Losing the War on Drugs America is spending millions of dollars to run ad campaigns with teenage waifs smashing up the kitchen with frying pans, brain fried egg commercials, ...
Like produces like, and an addict is only breeding grounds for more addicts with the same handicap when dealing with life. Take for example smoking cigarettes. A child is more likely to pick up the habit of smoking if one of their parents smoke. If drugs were legalized, then the parent, if a drug user, would in effect be endorsing the use of psychoactive drugs. The abuse of any mind altering substance is a symptom of much greater problems within
Drug War
We spend $50 billion per year trying to eradicate drugs from this country. According to DEA estimates we capture less than 10 percent of all illicit drugs. In this regard, ... the individual. Legalizing the now illegal drugs would proliferate more addicts in an already addicted society. Before anyone can advocate the legalization of drugs they need to be aware of the effects that this poses on a society. Many nations have experimented with legalization, including the United States, and in every instance the effects were negative. There was not one positive side to the legalization unless you consider overdosing the addicts a plus. Repeatedly the crime rates soared after legalization.
War On Drugs
THE WAR ON DRUGS Four score and seven years ago the US started a war, a civil war against its own citizens, a war on drugs. Dan Gardner, a ...
In most cases the drug users still continued purchasing from illegal suppliers. There were huge increases in addiction to heroin, not to mention the money spent on the drugs to provide citizens legally, by the nations who legalized them. Before we jump on a legalization bandwagon, let's take a look at some countries who tried this route and take a candid view of the effects. Even marijuana, if legal, has negative effects on any society as you will see, especially
The War on Drugs
War On Drugs In today’s society, the war on drugs has become a major issue in our cities and the business community. Many cities have started programs to make ... when the possibility of a bordering country comes into the legalized market to obtain them. Over in England, [when heroin was made legal by prescription, "it experienced a thirty fold increase with many addicts staying with illegal suppliers"](Finley 1). The "drug parks" in Switzerland had to shut down withing 5 years due to the amount and violence and death (1). This constituted a coalition against drugs in Europe. In all actuality, there were increases in crime and a phenomenal
The War On Drugs
War On Drugs In today’s society, the war on drugs has become a major issue in our cities and the business community. Many cities have started programs to make the ... increase in heroin addictions as a result of legalizing heroin. In the Netherlands, "there was almost a 33 percent increase in gun deaths, almost all of them drug related" (Finley 1). It is ironic that the English would obtain drugs from illegal markets considering that it would be easier, cheaper, and safer to obtain them by prescription. One has to wonder if the whole "scoring" is a prelude to the effects of a particular drug. The Netherlands experimentation with soft
War On Drugs
Marcie AmorosonEssay #2Wink and Wilson In their response to the problem of drugs, Walter Wink and James Q. Wilson have one major area of agreement. Both ... drugs like marijuana, has in its own right posed dangerous effects. Of these, were the luring of drug addicts from other countries into the mainstream of their society. There were enough addicts in their own country without adding to this distressing predicament. It seems that advocates for drug legalization lean towards the safety of the Netherlands, but disregard that recently "it has become the leading country in Europe in the category of assaults and threats" (Finley 1). Therefore the war on drugs
The Wonderful War on Drugs By: Wes Hunt E-mail: [e-mail] The Wonderful War On Drugs In recent years the so-called “war on drugs” has taken over the ... legalization of soft drugs, in Maastricht, Netherlands, has shown to be just as devastating with regards to the overwhelming number of clinics set up to help the addicts and the problems of outside addicts who come to this city to purchase drugs. Even though marijuana, a drug considered soft, is purchased openly in cannabis cafes, violations occur in the sales and many hard drugs are still sold in the streets (Simons A-32). The Dutch now have a pending dilemma of
War On Drugs
The Wonderful War on Drugs The Wonderful War On Drugs In recent years the so-called “war on drugs” has taken over the streets and back alleys of suburban America. ...
"drug tourism" and the police complain that "80 percent of their time is taken up by drug related crimes...that serve largely to pay for the foreigners needs" (A-32). According to Henk Mostert, the district police chief, "This is a new plague" (A-32). This plague created havoc in the community with not only the crimes being committed by citizens but by the immigrants as well. It is hard to prosecute a drug offender when after the initial arrest, he or she war on drugs
The topic of this research paper is War on Drugs. There are many problems that drug’s cause, but there are also problems that the war on drugs has caused ... can easily escape to their own country of origin, eliminating the need for prosecution. It would be totally impossible to incarcerate and keep them all. Although the Dutch feel that legalization is the route to take to possibly eliminate the need to purchase hard drugs off the streets, this avenue has not proven very effectual. The sales of hard drugs were actually on the increase, which the Maastricht police blamed on "the big-city dealers from Amsterdam and Rotterdam," and
War On Drugs
The topic of this research paper is War on Drugs. There are many problems that drug’s cause, but there are also problems that the war on drugs has caused too. ... tourist from other cities that swarmed to this country to score legal and illegal narcotics as well. (Simons A-32). The Netherlands paid a high price for drug legalization. They had to deal with their own addicts as well as the contribution to the immigrants growing addiction and indulgence in crime. If we take an extremist standpoint, and abuse of drugs are an extreme, in a country such as the United States, we are bordered by Canada, and legalization