... , and the increase in availability of drugs. According to the National Vital Statistics Reports, 19,102 deaths from drug-induced causes occurred in 1999. The use of drugs can lead to death, which alone is a factor to keep them illegal. The use of illicit drugs should remain illegal due to their intoxicating effects on the brain, their potential for abuse, and the ... it would have on the criminal justice system. The U.S. has very strict laws on the use and distribution of illicit drugs. Even though drugs are still widely available and used, the "War on Drugs" has kept many Americans away...

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... in any stores, they are sold by gangsters in the streets. These type of people may not care about anybody but themselves, which is why drug deals can go wrong, resulting in fights and gunfire. If drugs were sold in government regulated shops, which would be under surveillance, this scenario would ... is unfair to the offender, and just means that there is a lucrative job opening the dealer's area, not that the world has one less drug dealer. The government currently spends around $20 billion per year to stop the use of drugs. That figure has doubled since 1990 with no decrease ... in u...

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... it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. On their web page the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states, "the costs of crime attributed to illicit drug abuse were estimated at 59.1 billion. These costs include reduced earnings due to incarceration, crime careers, and criminal victimization; and the costs of criminal justice ... and drug interdiction". It also estimates that the drug-related visits to the hospital emergency rooms have increased. "In 2000, 531,800 drug-related visits occurred, up slightly from 1999. ...

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... 000. These numbers are only escalating, while we could be spending the resources on beneficial improvements for our country. Marijuana is undoubtedly the most popular illicit drug used in America. While some use it for its medical benefits, it is largely for its recreational purposes. And while there is a continuous ... in California, with annual revenues approaching $14 billion." Along with the profit of this illegal cash crop, there is an ongoing of drug lords and violence that coincides with the illegal trading of drugs. The war on drugs is an expensive battle, as a great deal of .....

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... and mental deterioration. The problem can tear apart the family structure and make it hard for learning. Difficulties on the job due to drug abuse make it hard for employers to run their businesses. Stealing form employers or from individuals to get money from for drugs causes ... pain and economic or financial loss to the victims. Arrests and jailing of drug users and dealers puts a strain on law enforcement officials and the criminal justice systems; the cost to taxpayers is enormous. The millions of dollars ... spent on illegal drugs in America encourage criminal activity and ribs the...

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... development. The dark side of globalization allows multinational criminals to broaden their range of operations from drug and arms trafficking to money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Organized criminals accrue huge sums of money through drug trafficking, arms smuggling, financial crime and other illegal proceeds. Drug smuggling by migrants, often at high risk to the migrants and at great profit for the ... taken advantage of by organized criminal groups. Migrants are often confined or forced into exploitive or oppressive forms of employment, often in the sex trade or danger...

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... roam the streets with their peers and other adults of bad influence. With little or no parental oversight, juveniles are vulnerable and easily gripped by gang membership and the glamorized drug lifestyle, popularized by recent pop culture. According to Aizer (2004) "Left unsupervised, school-age children may be more likely to engage in antisocial or risky, potentially dangerous behavior. Children who ... school, stress, receiving poor grades, risk-taking behavior and substance abuse" (p. 1836). In contrast, children with adult supervision are less likely to skip school, behave violently...

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... to millions of people with maximum profit at minimum risk. The increase of crime in the United States is due to the large sums of money providing services such as drug trade, gambling, drugs, weapon trading and prostitution. (Inciardi, p.109) Illegal goods and services are provided by the network of criminal organizations. (Cole, Smith, p.5) Organized crimes four major characteristics are: small ... in the form of paying off forgiveness of minor violations such as parking tickets and alcohol violations. Dirty graft is money offered to cover up murder, rape, armed robbery, or drug traffi...

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