... and every day of the week. So many miles of unguarded border with Mexico make it easier for drug smugglers, "mules", to bring the drugs into the United States (Stewart 80). Traffickers walk or drive through the border into the United States hiding illegal substances from enforcement officials: "There aren't enough Customs workers, D.E.A., or police officers to seal off the borders from ... drug smugglers" (80). Once drugs are smuggled into the United States they are then taken to the next step that is distribution. This ... many things to try to put an end to this dilemma and have spen...

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... (through lawful means) and arrest those guilty. As a result, the power to search people and property after a minimal threshold of suspicions has been cited as necessary part of law enforcement protocol. Activities, such as phone tapping, were considered "dangerous and unwarranted practice[s]" by the legal authorities of the alcohol prohibition era. (www.ottawacitizen.com) There was even a time ... real criminal cases are obviously getting less attention than they deserve. Similarly large portions of police and law enforcement agencies have been diverted specifically to narcotics investi...

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... diminishes the standard morals and ethics of a society with the beneficiaries being crime syndicates and drug dealers. Even with billions of dollars spent to destroy the influx of drugs, the government continues to make little progress. Perhaps the spending should shift from law enforcement and penalization to prevention, education, and treatment. Drugs first appeared in the United States in the ... address to Congress on June 1971, he elaborated on supply and demand, as well as the obvious impossible eradication of drugs and drug users. In 1973 Nixon dispatched an enormous interdiction...

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... new drugs that had equal effects gave the premise for why the United States' drug policy was incapable of wiping out the illegal drug market. As the reality of the approach became clearly undeniable, leaders like President Nixon moved the approach to drug policy to intensely concentrate on the enforcement of laws with the belief that it would be a more accurate way to deal ... with the issue.3 As upheld by "The War on Drugs," one principle segment on which the drug war in the United States was constructed was mainly through law ... enforcement.4 As a result of a system that only target...

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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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... of HIV diagnosed cases contracted the disease from sharing needles (U.S center for Disease control). The Illinois Public Health Department reports that IV drug users have an 80percent chance on contracting Hepatitis C from needle sharing. These diseases require very expensive and aggressive treatments. Some treatments ... and HIV as well as stop used needles from being discarded in places where kids play. Unlike the law enforcement model which simply wants to punish users with arrest and stiff jail terms, harm reduction wants to meet the addict where they ... from HIV, but from overdose,...

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... than if we made both possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages illegal. Social drinkers and alcoholics alike would suddenly be criminalized (Eldredge, 1998). Illegal drug deaths are outnumbered in thousands by the deaths of people who used legal drugs. In a typical US year, tobacco kills about 390,000 people ... because they more than likely have a preexisting psychosis. The illegal drugs that do result in violence more often than not are commonly related with drug marketing. One dealer walks on to another dealers "turf" and they get into it, guns fly, tempers flare, someone ends...

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... potential for profitability. The commodification of drugs, both illicit and licit, follows the principles of capitalism and supply-and-demand. David Courtwright has summarized drug use throughout world history in his book, Forces of Habit. Courtwright described the "big three" and the "little three" drugs of all time. ... ). Especially when tobacco began mass production in the American colonies and tobacco became cheaper, worldwide consumption was reached. Tobacco was the first drug that reached across all social classes, making it highly profitable. It overcame its side effects of foul b...

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... political commitment of all actors towards the strategy. As Myanmar open its door and start engaging with the international community, it drug problems are put under international spot light. The Myanmar drug policy that is law enforcement oriented and supply side reduction is not working; even though thousands of acres of opium field were eradicated each year and ... community for aid: To receive donation from International community there should be a clear policy stating what are the goals and aims of Myanmar government concerning drug problems and strategies to achieve them. 6. Capaci...

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... Act establishes tough penalties for drug trafficking, but actually lessens federal penalties for the possession of marijuana. In 1971, President Nixon declares "War on Drugs." To coordinate anti-drug efforts, he creates the special Action Office for Drug Abuse Preventior. In 1972, the Drug Enforcement Agency was created. The DEA replaces several older anti-drug agencies and becomes the nation's prime drug law enforcement agency. By 1979 illicit ... drug use in the United States peaks. The number of users reaches 25.4 million. By ... ...

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... particularly adolescents. Lenton and Farringdon (2005) conducted a survey amongst students aged 12-17 years verifying that cannabis is the most commonly used drug. This one concern of why people are against the legalization of cannabis in Australia. There are just as many advantages to disadvantages of ... be legalized in Australia it would help to prevent people from smoking illegally, smuggling cannabis, drug trafficking and trades. In Australia, over 250 million dollars per year is spent on law enforcement for illicit drugs (Rozzoli, 1994). Advantage of legalizing cannabis would mean...

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... regulations, and controls concerning international trade established by customs and other government agencies and encourages voluntary compliance with them. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), agency of the U.S. Department of Justice established in 1973. DEA merged the functions of four separate drug law enforcement agencies. The primary task of the agency is to reduce the supply of illicit drugs produced domestically or entering the ... trade in narcotic and dangerous drugs, manages a national narcotics intelligence system, and works with other agencies to support drug traffic prevent...

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... crime as well. According to proponents, half of all law enforcement and prison costs are spent on drug related crime (Unknown, 186). However, the majority of those arrested for drug related crimes are not the violent gun toting drug dealers we see in movies. No, they are simply those caught with possession of the drug. According to reports, almost half of New York's 23,140 ... that legalization would only bring more dangers to our already impressionable youth. By condoning such behavior as the allowance of drug use, it could lead use of drugs by the youth themselves as well as increased...

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... does, a robust black market, which inevitably spins off many social pathologies and is a policy that can only fail because its objective- a drug free America- is unrealistic and unattainable#. The upcoming paragraphs will attempt to show how the War on Drugs is failing America because of the infringement ... profiling, the environment of their surroundings, and whether or not a person is in the wrong part of town. By criminalizing drugs, it's enforcement is not particularly effective; it saddles the criminal-justice systems with huge costs; it feeds organized criminal gangs; it causes of...

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... if it is used recreationally. All medicinal drugs on the market today have their own respective side effects, so it seems quite unordinary that a drug would not have them. Proper warnings are used, and people use the medicine responsibly. One such side effect of marijuana is perceptual changes. ... the case of marijuana, there is no risk of a lethal overdose. (Stempsey 1998) Stempsey stated that: "According to testimony given to the Drug Enforcement Agency, one would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette "that ... high enough...

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... to curb the indiscriminate use of narcotics, the federal government of the United States passed the Harrison Act, making it illegal to obtain a narcotic drug without a prescription. During the 1920 $BCT (J, the Supreme Court ruled that maintaining addicts on narcotic drugs, even by prescription, was in violation ... research experiment. These drugs are tightly controlled by federal and states laws, because of their high abuse potential. Despite the effort of law-enforcement, the demand for illegal drugs remains very high. For example, between 1970 to 1977, the number of arrests on mari...

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... fifty percent in some estimates and violent crime would decline. Of course there are those who believe that legalization will turn our whole country into drug addicts. There is no evidence to support this. Making something illegal only creates a taboo, which people challenge and break because they know it ... illegal drugs. Organized crime has moved in to fill this vacuum and is making billions of dollars. Legislation will force organized crime from the drug business. In return, the government can regulate the market by licensing, enacting laws on sales to minors, and monitor the quality...

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... the opiates in the system the only setback is if they are addicted they will experience extreme withdrawl (www.harmreduction.org). Withdrawls can occur within a few hours of taking the drug. The initial withdrawls are"Dialated pupils, goose bumps, watery eyes, runny nose, yawning, loss of appetite, tremors, panic, chills, nausea, muscle cramps, and insomnia" (www.heroinaddictoin.com). After a short ... used by both men and women but is predominantly used by men. There are many consequences from using this drug, not only the addiction, and withdrawals but many people also find themselves...

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... /possessor from criminal status, and limits the punishment for drug possession, under a certain amount. Although many people feel that decriminalizing drugs would increase the amount of use, drugs should be decriminalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each ... year implementing drug laws. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - in 1996, the latest year for available information, the ... search of automobiles w...

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... addition of B-ketone group. Methylone was investigated for its psychoactive properties during the 1970s. Shulgin et al and his partner Jacob patented the drug as an antidepressant and antiparkinson agent in the middle 1990s. Due to the similarity of the structure to MDMA, Methylone produce a strikingly close ... an individual's physical of sensation as the same time. classify as an empathogen-entactogen; Once Methylone is taken into the human body, the drug enters into the bloodstream with fifteen to thirty minutes and reaches the brain. At this point it starts to alter a few of the ... ...

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... though they smoke far less." Source: Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, The War on Drugs is not a failure, crime statistics show that drug use, drug-related and murders have all gone down. The War on Drugs is more expensive than ever. Sure it has not gone down as much as we would like ... will stop their evil work just because we have legalized drugs. In fact, it will "legitimize" them and turn our law enforcement community into enforcers for "legalized" drug pushers. Another reason violent crimes will not go down is that people commit crimes because they are on dr...

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... other harmful drugs, accounting for 75% of the world's cocaine. In Colombia there are 50,900 hectares of coca, 2180 hectares of opium poppy and 5000 hectares of marijuana. Law enforcement and intelligence community sources estimate 65 percent of the cocaine shipped to the United States moves through the Central America-Mexico corridor, primarily by vessels operating in the eastern Pacific ... most of their cocaine and heroin to Colombia. Colombia's 80 metric tons of cocaine and 6.5 tons of heroin is then shipped to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Mexican drug trafficking organ...

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... , gastrointestinal disorder, dehydration, thirst, hallucination, seizures, speech disorder, tremors, vertigo withdrawal syndrome with or without seizures, and impotence ("OxyContin,"" 2540). Although mostly everyone taking the drug will experience a side effect in pharmacokinetic studies, women show greater frequency of typical opioid adverse effects than males ("OxyContin,"" 2539), and respiratory depression occurs most frequently in the ... joint pain, weakness, abdominal cramps, insomnia, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, or an increase in blood pressure, respiratory rate and hear...

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