Drugs In The Film The House I Live In

It is a chilly winter, and you are walking down streets of a community known for its poverty. You notice a fragile little boy and his father sleeping on the hard concrete on the sidewalk. Yet, you keep walking past by them, ignoring their plea for help on the molded cardboard sign. Do you ever wonder why families and their father figures end up like this? Is there a connection between all the people facing the hardship of poverty? Well, there is one thing that most of the poor have in common. According to Samhsa, eighty percent of the homeless experienced lifetime drug and alcohol problems. Drugs have been known for their horrific problem igniters, and have been heavily used by millions of Americans. The drugs became such a problem within
The film believed that the war on drugs was a tactic in disguise to increase mass incarceration among the poor. At first, I thought that it was absurd to blame the government for a persons own actions and choices. However, upon viewing the film, my views changed. I started believing how such a plan can create a system similar to a caste system, how an individual repeats drug offense after drug offense within the rural community can cause them to permanently stay where they are, in terms of social order. In “The House I Live In”, their claim of how the drug war was a complete failure and damaged lives instead of rebuilding them is extremely accurate, because it sheds the light on the problem of how the drug war forces to keep most of the lower class where they started, at the bottom of the food chain. In this essay, I will provide my reasoning with the film's claim by reviewing the statistics behind this failed mission, the regulations the government put in order to end the war on drugs, the reasons as to why people are forced to repeat crime over and over again, and how mandatory sentences as a result from the drug war affect everyone here in the United
But I can’t help but feel like the government doesn't feel the same way. There are many impenetrable obstacles that felons go through when re entering freedom here in America. It is as though the government is forcing these felons to live as miserable as possible upon being released. So what happens when someone is released from prison? Well, it’s obvious, one goes looking for a job. Looking for a job after jail time can be difficult, because according to the Legal Center, in most states, it is legal for employers to deny a job to a person who has been arrested. So what does one do when no employer will hire him? Become an entrepreneur of course! But one who has no start up money and no chance of finding capital, what will one do? The answer is easy, create a short operation with a product that is high on demand but low on supply: drugs. Easy to start up, and lots of money for it too. But eventually you will get caught and you’ll end up back where you started, in jail. Okay, let's say you’ve done your time again, and you’re out free again. You learned your lesson to not deal drugs, and by some miracle you find a job. However, you’re not making enough money to feed your family of four, so knowing the consequences of dealing drugs, you decide to apply for foodstamps. But wait, the government says no way! According to the Legal Center, most states ban