Newman (10 Ways the Drug War Is Causing Massive Collateral Damage to Our Society) and Solomon and Baksh (Evaluating the Drug War on Its 40th Birthday‚ by the Numbers) discuss the detrimental consequences the war on drugs had on society. Specifically‚ the prison system’s dramatic increase in population. The mass incarceration of people of color in the United States can be traced back to numerous historical events. One of those events being president Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs‚ which provoked the
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Rationale‚ I will be covering the topic of the “War on Drugs” to convince legislators that it has proven to be a phenomenal waste of time and money‚ incarcerates minority people disproportionately‚ and does not solve the drug problem at all. To show that they should work to repeal all applicable draconian drug laws immediately. The reason legislators need to hear this argument immediately is that since Richard Nixon initiated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970‚ we the
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The War on Drugs Week One Assignment CJA 234 [Type the author name] 10/4/2011 Prison and the War on Drugs. The war on drugs has been implemented for more than 30 years. Currently‚ there are close to a half million persons imprisoned on drug charges in this country. That is a tenfold increase over the 50‚000 in 1980. (jrank.org‚ 2011) In the past few years‚ close to $40 billion has been spent annually fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the drastic increase in drug-related
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The drug war‚created by Nixon in June 1971 created many devastating consequences around the world‚ including the breaking of families‚the skyrocketing of crime rate‚and of course some of the worst people in history getting into power.One of the biggest supporter of the drug war Rodrigo Duterte was born into a religious household and the violent city of Davao.Some of the people had nothing but hatred and the people who supported him they has been had‚them have been smudged. He was called a monster
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The war on drugs is a complete failure. When connecting drugs to crime the relationship is complex. Many different reasons can be the cause of addiction‚ selling drugs‚ drug users and the creation of war on drugs. The criminal justice approach only created a deep depression over minority communities. The war on drugs created a vicious ongoing cycle that minorities‚ especially American Americans cannot not escape. Michelle Alexander suggested the war on drugs is similar to Jim Crow laws. The war on
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Mexican Drug War Introduction The Mexican Drug War is perhaps the deadliest and most devastating battle this country has encountered in it’s history. Its’ violence affects both civilians and its’ very culture. Since 2006‚ the border of Mexico has been a place of hostility‚ turmoil‚ and outright warfare which has transitioned throughout the countryside. Unlike traditional military solutions‚ Mexico and the United States must work together to quell the hostility by creating economic opportunities
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United States of America are at war. A war on drugs that we are losing‚ and have been battling for over a century. Violent crimes and neglected children are only the start of where our our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons are filled. Our government has spent billions of dollars trying to eradicate the drug supply. In all reality the war on drugs has expelled a terrible downturn‚ economically‚ socially‚ with prisons‚ and fighting the war in general. Currently war on drugs has had terrible effects on today’s
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There is a war going on currently south of our border. While we Americans continue to plunge ourselves in countless never ending conflicts‚ we are ignoring our own ongoing war next door. Mexico‚ our neighboring country to the south has been waging a war for years that has seemed to have gone unnoticed. This war is between the Mexican government and the cartels that seem to run the country. Just like the USA has people that support its politicians‚ the same thing happens in Mexico with the cartels
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a row. You have the chance to study hard for exams‚ so you won’t fail. If you fail you may not get your dream education. You found your solution; the study drug. Sadly – a problem is still to be found; the study drug. Because what you and many young students from USA don’t know is these pills actually are made for treating ADD and ADHD diagnosed patients‚ and by that fact can cause side effects to people like you without these diseases. The phenomenon “Study drugs” are greatly criticized by David
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The Mexican drug war has been a long and deadly fight between the Mexican government and the cartels in Mexico. Most of the war has been fought on the border of Mexico and the U.S.making small border communities ghost towns. The reason why these people are leaving is because of the extreme violence this war has brought on to Mexico. From 2006 to 2012 there has been 63‚000‚ deaths related to drug violence in Mexico. The war has left its mark on the people and on the government of Mexico. The government
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