... plan, they discussed the background of the issue as well as a six step approach that if we followed would fix prescription drug abuse. These six steps include "education, tracking and monitoring, proper medication disposal, enforcement, and the prescription goal plan " (Prescription Drug Abuse, 2011). While as everyday Americans, we cannot aid in every level of the plan, however there are several areas in ... which we can these are education, proper medication disposal, and enforcement. The biggest area that we as Americans can impact when it comes to prescription drug abuse is through ...

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... time in office, he wage war on drugs and created the Office of Drug Abuse and Law Enforcement(ODALE) and the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence(ONNI). In 1973, he also initiated Reorganization Plan No. 2, which changed the BNDD into the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 created five schedules that categorized drugs ... according to their effects and availability by prescription (1). The Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act of 1986 was introduced to stiffen penalties for pushers, increased customs ... a...

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... to violence and crime. Not only that but people are smuggling the goods inside the country, basically rendering enforcement and regulation useless. Also, the demand for drugs fuels organized crime, which, people argue, draws the youth of America into gangs and the drug business itself. People make these drugs in their basements with out government standards or control; therefore most likely ... means that they would oversee the production of drugs and have control over the purity and the potency of them, and hopefully the drug trade would be run more effectively. "Legalization would take...

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... .Another question presented in the CD-ROM was, "How would you urge the president to solve the drug problem?" The results of this question are as follows. 6% percent voted to legalize drugs, 14% voted to increase law enforcement, 23% voted to increase drug prevention awareness, 26% voted to give longer jail sentences to those who violate the laws pertaining to ... Control Act of 1970 consolidated existing drug laws and set stiff penalties, depending on the harmfulness of the drug, and for trafficking drugs. The Comprehensive Criminal Control Act of 1984 included mandatory sentences for ce...

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... General of Mexico, Jorge Carpizo, fired 237 of his new government staff that were connected to the border because they were linked to drug trafficking activity ("Mexico"). Fifty-seven of those government employees fired were senior police officers ("Mexico"). It has been understood for a while now ... , demand for drugs will be cut significantly. Economic principles state that without demand production will dwindle. This is the way to reduce drug trafficking and production. We also know that when supply is cut over time demand will fall. If the number of drugs crossing the ... putting c...

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... information on the abuse of substances. There should also be a higher number of organizations that provide expertise on drug strategies. Everyone who seeks help against drug abuse should be able to find it regardless of where they are located. There also needs to be enforcement in stronger laws and meaningful legal penalties that hold users and dealers accountable for their actions. Firmer laws ... would make some of those who traffic, deal, or consume drugs think twice before they act. The fear of facing the consequences might even prevent some of those who planned to handle drugs. Org...

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... question I"m going to attempt to answer. The government is usually the group that attempts to educate people about the causes and effects of drugs and alcohol through programs such as D.A.R.E (drug abuse resistance education) or S.M.A.R.T. (Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-Specified objectives). D.A.R.E. tries to educate kids about drugs and alcohol while S.M.A.R.T. conducts studies to see how effective these programs really ... . Many tax payers demand to see what impact their money is having on substance abuse. The SMART program conducts many tests to show how effective or...

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... risk of involving themselves in such a trade. As participation under these leaders increases, large amounts of revenue are generated and used maliciously. The drug money earned by the selling of Poppy seeds grown in Afghanistan, for example, was then used to finance acts of terrorism against the United States ... the black market, as a whole, will decrease. As drugs become more affordable it can also be assumed that there will be a decrease in drug related theft because prices are not too high. Naturally a black market and the crime associated with it will still exist for high potency dr...

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... of the drug does not harm anyone else. There are harms related to the illegality of drugs, such as crime, but "no one knows how much they would be reduced if drugs were legalized- (Wilson, 339). A great amount of money is involved also. In order for law enforcement to continue ... this war on drugs, billions of dollars must be spent each year. This is a large amount of money, but using this money in order to crack down on drug use is only to protect society. There are a few reasons why drug legalization could be a decent ... and can lead to physical deformities or neurological damage- (...

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... lead to a reduction in drugs trafficked, as well as related criminal activity. Others believe that one should have a choice to possess drugs if he or she pleases. The DEA, "Drug Enforcement Agency" states that "legalizing drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy heroin, or amphetamines would be like trying to extinguish a fire with napalm, it would simply make matter worse" ... and possession? Fox News Network says, "The argument as that fear of prison drives addicts underground, and that incarceration is more expensive than treatment, so why not give drug addicts services instead? After ca...

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... demand within the United States. This is based on three core principles; (1) Stopping drug use before it starts, (2) Healing America's drug users and (3) Disrupting the drug market. Bush plans to accomplish these goals by expanding the efforts to reduce foreign production at the source, expanding interdiction and enforcement activities to disrupt supply lines, expand efforts to reduce worldwide demand, and expand economic ... disincentives for international drug trafficking. President Bush's National Drug Policy seeks to reduce the use of illegal drugs by 10% over the next 2 years and 2...

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... demand within the United States. This is based on three core principles; (1) Stopping drug use before it starts, (2) Healing America's drug users and (3) Disrupting the drug market. Bush plans to accomplish these goals by expanding the efforts to reduce foreign production at the source, expanding interdiction and enforcement activities to disrupt supply lines, expand efforts to reduce worldwide demand, and expand economic ... disincentives for international drug trafficking. President Bush's National Drug Policy seeks to reduce the use of illegal drugs by 10% over the next 2 years and 2...

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... drug selling are not limited to minorities in the US , in fact five times as many whites use drugs. This war on drugs since it began targeted minorities. According to the governments own reports 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white and the "typical cocaine user is a white middle class suburbanite."(Harris 7) But law enforcement ... tactics are concentrated in the inner city. This continues to feed the perception that most drug dealers and users are black. This prompted the "drug courier profile,"(Harris 7) with racial overtones to take hold. Media ... should be made up of...

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... more laws added. The problematic aspects of the U.S. drug policy consist of two major flaws: ineffectiveness; mainly laws against drugs not being an effective solution, and prejudice. The drug policy does not meet any of its stated goals. Instead, it is supporting two drug enforcement and drug trafficking. America's enforcement-oriented strategy has resulted in millions of arrests and hundreds ... of thousands of prisoners who are Black or Hispanic. Drug policy since Richard Nixon's presidency has had racist and imperialist ... drugs not being an effective solution, and prejudice. The ...

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... . Then in 1989 president George Bush announced a four-part plan to fight illegal drugs. The presidents" 1993 budget allocated about $15.8 billion for all law enforcement programs, which included hiring more drug agents for The Drug Enforcement (Bender). Many feel that we should stop spending tax dollars on fighting against people that smoke or sell marijuana. There have been many arguments on why ... thing people think of when they hear marijuana is "getting high". Marijuana has been proven to help AIDS victims stimulate their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation. The Drug...

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... taxed heavily because the users will be assured of "clean drugs." Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will show up somewhere else. We cannot win. "In 1987, 10 billion dollars were spent alone just on ... . In return, the companies that make the cigarettes would also pay income taxes.. Second, there would be a reduction on the amount spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and sellers of marijuana. Th...

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... taxed heavily because the users will be assured of "clean drugs." Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will show up somewhere else. We cannot win. "In 1987, 10 billion dollars were spent alone just on ... . In return, the companies that make the cigarettes would also pay income taxes.. Second, there would be a reduction on the amount spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and sellers of marijuana. Th...

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... taxed heavily because the users will be assured of "clean drugs." Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will show up somewhere else. We cannot win.In 1987, 10 billion dollars were spent alone just on ... . In return, the companies that make the cigarettes would also pay income taxes.. Second, there would be a reduction on the amount spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and prosecute users and sellers of marijuana. The ...

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... legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. This is something that should be left up to the American people. Let us vote ... from selling legal drugs. Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will show up somewhere else. We cannot win. With the ... the cigarettes would also...

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... of stopping drug use. NOTE: At the time, opium had become a primary ingredient of over the counter drugs used for a myriad of ailments; also, a 1908 Federal Government report indicates that cocaine was used in over 40 different soft drinks. In 1973, the Administration created the Drug Enforcement Administration to ... prosecute its "declared all-out, global war on the drug menace." To the present day, we spend $15 billion in federal funds and $33 billion in state ... is big money to be made. Prisons have become to be viewed as a business opportunity rather than a rehabilative facility. ...

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... people in use of Marijuana. Today six Out of every eighteen Americans have tried Marijuana. That's about 50 million people. This proves the drug war just hasn't been helping. Therefore, what might happen when Marijuana is legalized? Logically we could assume that the people who have always ... are pure and simple. Making Marijuana legal would greatly reduce the vast amounts of money spent on drug law enforcement every year. For example: In 2000 well over ten billion dollars were spent on drug enforcement alone. Drugs accounted for more than forty percent of all felony indictments in our ...

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer- ... medicinal applications may appear relevant in this case- would that not illustrate marijuana's non-recreational relevance? There is only anecdotal evidence for this application of the drug, however. The simple fact is, that, when exploring the case for the legalization of marijuana, there is no sound, logical reason for legalization. There ......

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer- ... medicinal applications may appear relevant in this case- would that not illustrate marijuana's non-recreational relevance? There is only anecdotal evidence for this application of the drug, however. The simple fact is, that, when exploring the case for the legalization of marijuana, there is no sound, logical reason for legalization. There ......

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... . Controlled studies have revealed its therapeutic utility in the treatment of cancer chemotherapy side effects, glaucoma, and spasticity ailments. Federal regulations continue to make research with the drug very difficult, however, and many promising areas of therapeutic application have received little or no attention. These include: asthma, AIDS, epilepsy, analgesic action, tumor retardation, ... too. Dr. Donald Tashkin, UCLA Pulmonary Studies, stated, "Taking a hit of marijuana has been known to stop a full blown asthma attack." On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administratio...

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... . Controlled studies have revealed its therapeutic utility in the treatment of cancer chemotherapy side effects, glaucoma, and spasticity ailments. Federal regulations continue to make research with the drug very difficult, however, and many promising areas of therapeutic application have received little or no attention. These include: asthma, AIDS, epilepsy, analgesic action, tumor retardation, ... too.Dr. Donald Tashkin, UCLA Pulmonary Studies, stated, "Taking a hit of marijuana has been known to stop a full blown asthma attack." On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration...

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