... extent, that this problem also affects the white community. The war on drugs has increased the number of inmates in American prisons in a very unproportional way. The number of minorities that are being incarcerated is very unproportional to the per capita population of society The war on drugs is an issue of race that seems to target populations of inner city minorities ... system that is full of minorities. These minorities are not being reformed. The issue is a matter of minorities that are becoming very cynical of the criminal justice system. A famous African American rapper, Tu-Pac...

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... number of them actually in possession of contraband. Therefore these people are arrested, reinforcing the idea that drug trafficking is primarily an Latino or African American thing. At the same time white drivers receive far less police attention, many of the drug dealers and use! rs among them get away ... . In a recent poll taken by the child advocay group Children Now the children included said that,"the news media tends to portray African American and Latino people more negatively than white and Asian people. Most of the major news media did not cover this story and the ones ... pro...

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... -Qaeda," in the York Daily Record Newspaper, President Bush expresses his feelings on the ongoing war against Al-Qaeda. "On October 7, 2001, American and British forces unleashed punishing air strikes against military targets and Osama bin Laden's training camps inside Afghanistan, aiming at terrorists blamed for the September ... to bring the terrorists to justice (Espo 1A). The York Daily Record Newspaper states that, "the initial strike involved fifty Tomahawk missiles, launched from American and British ships. General Richard Myers said fifteen bombers and twenty-five strike aircraft,...

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... change in life came a huge explosion of crime. The pre-prohibition homicide rate was at 5.6 people (per 100,000 population) then it took a huge jump to 10 people (per 100,00 population) during prohibition. That's nearly a seventy eight percent increase. Serious crimes, such as homicides, assault, and battery, increased ... one may infer the same of legalizing drugs. Legalizing alcohol didn't increase alcoholism, so why would drugs increase drug abuse? For decades the American people have argued about the war with drugs. Some people say that governmental agencies aren't putting in enough...

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... sub-Saharan Africa. All together, about 19 million people have died from AIDS, 3.8 million of them were under the age of 15. Here are some of the staggering statistics: 5.4 million new AIDS infections took place in 1999, 4 million of them in Africa. 2.8 million died of AIDS in 1999, 85 percent of them in Africa. 13 ... women of Africa believe. A particularly interesting myth is that if a man appears healthy, then he couldn't have AIDS. Luckily, the U.S. has done a good job making the American people understand safe sex and the disorder itself. If only it was possible to do the same in Af...

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... limited to people of any identifiable group, social class or level of education; a cross-section of marijuana users is as diverse as the rest of the population. The general assumption that marijuana users are lazy and lack ambition is just a myth. In a survey of a leading teaching hospital (no name given) ... to believe. The crime rates in Amsterdam (where marijuana is legal) are much lower than other cities in Europe and most major North American cities.19 In fact the possession and trafficking of marijuana is the only crime most users of marijuana commit where marijuana is illegal. The...

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... on November 2, 1951 by President Truman. Even though there was supposed decline in illicit drug use, Anslinger started to push for even stiffer penalties. Instead of approving a new bill, the American Bar Association created a committee that was in charge of investigating the Harrison Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act ... in 1970 to 55,624 in 1998 because of the stricter penalties enforced by the government. This shows that drug arrests are inclining, but according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics...

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... on November 2, 1951 by President Truman. Even though there was supposed decline in illicit drug use, Anslinger started to push for even stiffer penalties. Instead of approving a new bill, the American Bar Association created a committee that was in charge of investigating the Harrison Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act ... in 1970 to 55,624 in 1998 because of the stricter penalties enforced by the government. This shows that drug arrests are inclining, but according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics...

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• Grade Level: High School