Law enforcement can not reduce the use of drugs by prohibiting its sale or use. ... The War on Drugs has failed However, many people including politicians and law enforcement agents believe that the War on Drugs is justified. ... The purpose of law enforcement is to set standards for people and to help them conform to society. ... The profits, in turn, are forwarded to law-enforcement officials who allow for corruptive behavior. ... "Every elected official from President Reagan on down goes through the ritual of calling for stiffer enforcement of drug and trafficking laws" (LeMoult and Haag 3...

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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 official corruption; and it leads to large numbers of violations of civil liberties# . ... What it doesn't tell you is that hysterical drug enforcers are burning down and permanently destroying the precious and sacred Coca plants of the Columbian people. ... If drugs were decriminalized, there would be no need for a black market of drugs. ... With the legalization of drugs, billions of dollars per year would b...

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Law enforcement officials feel that if a disproportionate amount of crime is committed by a certain race, then they deserve a larger percentage of attention from law enforcement. ... The history behind what is known as racial profiling started back in the mid to early 1980's as a tool to fight drug trafficking. ... Bob Vogel began accumulating tremendous arrest statistics and earned the attention of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). ... "African-Americans are 13% of drug users, 37% of arrests, 55% of the convicted and 77% of those sentenced for drug related crimes". ... The ...

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The enforcement of alcohol also cost the government large sums of money. After the first year of enforcement, America lost 5 million dollars. ... Both cases involved in some way the banning of a mind altering drug or drugs. ... This so called "War on Drugs" has done nothing to lessen illegal drug use in the US. ... I'm not saying that all drugs should be made legal, just the so called "Soft Drugs" like Cannabis and Phsycadelics. ...

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The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. ... Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extremely potent form (i.e. cocaine) for the same reason. ... Moreover, marijuana has been proven to be less toxic and less expensive than conventional medication and in many cases more effective than commercially available drugs ("Against Drug Prohibition" 13). ... NORML first raised this issue in 1972 in an administrative petition asking that marijuana be moved from schedule I to schedule ...

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Since there is a strong relationship between student violence and the use and sale of drugs, special efforts should be made to keep schools drug-free through both monitoring and searching. ... These services may include the efforts of religious and recreational organizations, social service, and even law enforcement agencies. ...

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Where do the drugs that America consumes come from? ... Why can't America supply for their own drugs? ... Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. ... The first anti-drugs laws in America were directed to the person who used the drugs, not precisely to the drug itself. ... One of many of America's conditions or clauses to actually sign the treaty was to make 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). ...

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The war on drugs has given police a license to target those people who they believe fit the "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ... But law enforcement tactics remain concentrated in the inner city, continuing to feed the perception that drug dealers and users are black. ... The practice of profiling has "helped breed a deep...

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While the so-called "war on drugs" is in full stride, it still has had problems accomplishing its main goals. ... "In 1987, 10 billion dollars were spent alone just on enforcing drug laws- (Long, 114.) ... "The drug enforcement authorities might reduce their budget requests, or, more likely, focus more intensely on hard drugs and violent crimes- (Baker 23). All drug enforcement agencies could reduce their budget, and all marijuana sold can be taxed, adding tremendous amounts of what is basically profit to our: governments funding for schools and monuments/buildings, government spending and ...

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Why Don't More Kids Have Assets "Adults and institutions have become uncomfortable about articulating values or enforcing rules and consequences". ... Now days it has become uncomfortable about articulating values or enforcing rules and consequences. ... Another thing I blame is television, no America showers and crowns rappers, drug dealers, and children now get the wrong idea of the concept of things. Children think it is cool for them to sell drugs, use profanity, do drugs, and disrespect the authority. ...

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In fact, it is the third most popular drug in America, exceeded only by alcohol and tobacco. ... That is why we should stop wasting limited law enforcement resources a! ... Approximately 44 percent of all drug arrests in this country are marijuana arrests. Unfortunately, this focus on marijuana has caused a shift away from enforcement against more dangerous drugs such as cocaine and heroin. ... Former president Jimmy Carter said, "Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. ...

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The drug use in America is not decreasing. ... Simply make each drug with a precise description of what effect good or bad the drug will have on the taker (Vanity Fair 3)." ... More law enforcement would greatly help.! ... There should also be more law enforcement. ... Officers can create their own special unit for drugs and drug testing. ...

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Unfortunately, the "wrong hands" are not limited to those who have mental problems these days, but there are also instances where law enforcement resort to their last option before exhausting all scenarios. ... However, after enforcing tougher laws that were put in place, more firearm crimes were committed. ... Similar to those who put their mind to getting alcohol during prohibition, distributing illegal drugs or robbing a bank, once a person decides to put a plan in action only they can stop themselves. ...

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This law does work when it is actually applied to large drug dealers. ... In some cases, the amount of drugs does not even come into question. ... When mandatory sentences are used in Federal cases that do involve high-level drug dealers, the amount of cocaine consumed can be reduced 72 kilograms by per million dollars spent on enforcement. Conventional enforcement at all levels of government can reduce consumption by 27 kilograms (Caulkins 2). However, according to Caulkins, spending an extra millions dollars on enforcing mandatory sentences at all levels of government, consumption would o...

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Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. ... Even though these advocates are definitely pro-war on drugs, they have no realistic illusions of the total eradication of drugs and drug abuse in the United States of America. ... To stop the trafficking of illicit drugs is just one of many aspects to fighting a successful war on drugs. ... The war on drugs was designed by the government to, basically, reduce the demand for illegal drugs by educating the public about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse. ... The surveyi...

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It's this drug that helps them pass the time, day after day. ... And it is becoming more common to see this helpful drug being prescribed by doctors. Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers around $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more then 734,000 individuals each year. ... President Jimmy Carter once said "penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual then the use of the drug itself." ... How about a little fact to end on; marijuana is a stimulant and sedative drug at the same time. ...

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In Alaska there are laws against marijuana however, law enforcement refuses to punish individuals who grow up to two plants. ... Marijuana is the only illicit drug that has never had a fatality because of overdosing. This drug has never been proven to be addictive in any way. Alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine are what I believe to be the worst drugs in the world because they are some of the most addictive drugs in the world (even more so than cocaine, and met amphetamines) and the most acceptable drugs used in the world. ... These drugs have been legal ever since this great country has been here...

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With marijuana a lesser problem, law enforcement could concentrate on more hazardously addictive problem drugs such as amphetamines or MDMA (Extacy). ... This has led to a crackdown on marijuana and more frequent attempts at harsher legislation against the drug to be passed, but the fact still remains that marijuana is a nonlethal drug often used by people from all backrounds the same which may include alcoholism. ... Since marijuana's spread in the early-to-mid 1800's, the drug has been used to treat ailments as prescribed by doctors for pain, nerve damage, psychosis, and ...

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He should have to help out at a hospital where babies are born addicted to alcohol or illegal, explicit drugs. ... The third way teens can be penalized for drunk driving, is by enforcing a very high fine. ... If these three penalties are strictly enforced, I believe it will reduce the number of deaths caused by teen drunk driving. ...

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Unfortunately, the introduction of collaboration between local police and immigration law enforcement has not made communities as safe as intended. Tensions between police officers and community members increase, as does the distrust people feel towards law enforcement (Grigsby). Not only does this collaboration increase tensions and distrust but, as CounterPunch puts it, "It is easy to imagine the [collaboration between police and immigration law enforcement] will lead to more hit and runs, as undocumented migrants involved in car accidents will fear that any police encounter could lea...

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The most common drug used today is marijuana. Hemp was originally made illegal not because it was some harmful drug. ... It is often reported that marijuana is a gateway drug. ... If marijuana really were a gateway drug, hard drug use would have gone up, not down. ... It is time to get the government out of drug enforcement." ...

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"The list of people banned from buying guns has expanded to include people convicted of any non-business related felony, the mentally challenged, and users of illegal drugs" (Guncite 1). In 1972, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was created to control the illegal use and sale of firearms and to enforce the federal firearm laws (US Gov. ... The "fingerprints" can then be entered into a computer and are accessible to law enforcement agencies. ... The IBIS system will increase law enforcement's ability to link guns with crimes. ... Common sense would tell us that this would no...

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What the 'Zero Tolerance' policy meant was that all laws would be strictly enforced comes along with aggressive police enforcement (Grabosky, 1999). ... Bush has always been committed to engaging in a war on drugs (Whalen, 2001). ... Bush took military action in Panama to counter cartel drug activity (Whalen, 2001). ... This corruption makes things even hard for the United States in dealing with drug traffickers and money launders. When this cartel produced drug activity spills over into the U.S. the criminals must be dealt with within the U.S. court system, as stated in the article...

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There is no strong evidence that shows law enforcement to be corrupt, but in recent years the FBI has shown to be a little irresponsible when it comes to confiscated evidence such as drugs, firearms, etc. These superior law enforcement agencies seem to just shrug as if nothing really happened. ...

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Throughout America the drug that is used the most among teens is alcohol (Social 1). ... Georgia implemented a plan in 2001 to enforce underage drinking. ... Necessary tools were provided to help enforce these laws as well. More law enforcement was also provided to help communities in their fight against underage drinking (Georgia 1). ... The Albuquerque Police Department has come up with a recent cost effective plan to enforce underage drinking. ...

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