... lower the demand of money from income and property taxes. Also, drug legalization would reduce the amount of money needed to spend on law enforcement. The U.S. government spent $1.5 billion on drug enforcement last year ("Drug Enforcement Statistics"). This money could be spent on other important government programs. In addition to lowering enforcement costs, legalizing drugs would reduce the number of inmates kept in prisons ... for drug-related crimes. This would lower prison costs as well as improve ... helping the economy, legalization would reduce crime and addiction. Crime is arg...

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... 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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... 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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... of over 727 private jet airliners to transport Colombian cocaine to municipal airports (Wikipedia). In the months before his death, The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration described Carrillo as the most powerful drug trafficker of his era. Most people think that most famous drug dealers are not in America but, actually there is a famous man who cut out the middle man and gained most of the ... profitable for those involved but also much harder to get caught. Also on the rise the drug trafficking from tourists groups. Theirs have been numerous links between drugs and terror over the las...

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... and drug sales. The first of which is the plan I decided upon, being a more libertarian approach to the situation. Legalization would reduce crime and also wipe out the $8 billion each year law enforcement and the DEA spend (1). Simply allow people to make their own decisions, concerning their health and well being. The apparent positives ... just that. 1. McCuen, Deborah. The International Drug Trade . Hudson: McCuen, 1989 . 2. Blow . Dir. Ted Demme. Perf. Johnny Depp, and Penelope Cruz. New Line Home Entertainment. 2001 3. Brain Diseases . 18 Jan . 1999 . Brain and Mine Magazine . 25...

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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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... (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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... can go to or call to get more help for your child. • There are many good books that you can get • Your local law enforcement agencies have community relation, resource, and drug prevention officers that can refer you to local agencies that can help. • Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have chapters in almost every city in North ... ) Also local health departments and or police departments will be able to give you names of places to get a hold of for help. Your local law enforcement have community relation, resource, and drug prevention officers that can refer you to othe...

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... arrested and booked on assault charge[s]" (ONDCP 2000). Where punishment often fails, appropriate and high-quality drug treatment often works. A study conducted for the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, for example, found treatment to be 15 times more cost-effective than law enforcement at reducing cocaine abuse. Imprisonment costs an average of $30,000 per person per year, while ... treatment can cost as little as $4,000. (Another study found that every additional dollar invested in substance abuse treatment saves taxpayers more than seven dollars in societal costs (...

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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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... .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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... years, drug prohibition, with an emphasis on enforcement through criminal justice measures, has been the policy of the United States as well as rest of the world's countries (Levine 2002). However, despite this sustained global effort, many of the goals espoused by supporters of drug prohibition ... the legal economy are usually resolved through the courts and related nonviolent methods of arbitration. By removing drugs from the legal marketplace, drug prohibition eliminates access to these methods of conflict resolution, leaving those involved to resort to violence as a means of resolv...

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... 4.5 year-old crackdown on cartels that has resulted in more than 38,000 Mexican deaths. Despite these deaths, the U.S. government has supported the Mexican government in their endeavor to end drug use by providing law enforcement equipment, training, and encouragement from President Obama (Ellingwood). Calderon, the Mexican President and also a conservative, centered his political career on his battle against ... drug cartels. Although the death toll continues to rise because of his crackdown on drugs, he has no plans on stopping before his term ends. A public poll in Mexico revealed th...

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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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... development issues, and lapses in executive functioning. All of these conditions are behavioral disorders, many of which, can be linked to a higher rate of criminal behavior and increased chance of drug addiction (Coles 36). Additionally, Coles found an increase in criminal behavior in those who were prenatally exposed to nicotine. Coles also states that one in one-hundred children prenatally exposed ... make a habit of violating the law have little to worry about. It is possible that a pregnant woman's privacy could be violated if an Obstetrician discovers drug use per evaluation, and ...

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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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... product endorsement. Pro team owners, meanwhile, are constantly scrambling for more income from broadcasting and other sources to meet their massive payrolls and still turn a profit. A series of drug scandals might well cause media outlets and corporate sponsors to re-evaluate their financial commitment to sports. Similar trends are under way at the Olympics. Relaxation of International Olympic Committee ... a current case in point. Over the past three years a number of federal and state laws have been enacted for the purpose curbing steroid use and distribution. A major frustration for d...

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... product endorsement. Pro team owners, meanwhile, are constantly scrambling for more income from broadcasting and other sources to meet their massive payrolls and still turn a profit. A series of drug scandals might well cause media outlets and corporate sponsors to re-evaluate their financial commitment to sports. Similar trends are under way at the Olympics. Relaxation of International Olympic Committee ... a current case in point. Over the past three years a number of federal and state laws have been enacted for the purpose curbing steroid use and distribution. A major frustration for d...

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... effort of Bill Clinton and the President of Colombia, Andrés Pastrana Arango, they started a plan to stop and combat the Colombian drug cartels and left-wing insurgents groups in Colombian territory by direct military intervention by American troops. America has spent Nine point three billions of ... the rest of the world, (or at least the countries involved in the First World War) sign to impose and adopt drug prohibition in their law enforcement (Nadelmann). The Criminalization of drugs that America has resent on other countries has been a major factor to influence today's position ...

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