... The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reported that, in 1999, cocaine was used by 3.7 million Americans, or 1.7 percent of the household population aged 12 and over. Estimates of the current number of those who use cocaine regularly (at least once per month) vary, but 1.5 million is a ... with a high volume of recreational traffic, smugglers use the same types of vessels, such as go-fast boats, as those used by the local population. CHEMICALLY RELATED DRUGS FLUNITRAZEPAM (ROHYPNOL) Flunitrazepam, which is marketed under the brand name Rohypnol and is commonly known as roofi...

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... , and more importantly the break out of various illegal/legal drugs. Throughout this paper I will examine the prison system from the past to the present, the demographics of the prison population, and the impact of drugs on the increasing incarceration rates. About 200 years ago, the Quakers and other reformers in Pennsylvania developed the institution of the penitentiary, which emphasized having ... , in absolute numbers, rose sharply, the increase was greatest for Blacks. In every state, the proportion of Blacks in prison exceeds, sometimes by a considerable amount, their proportion in ...

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... same time, the FBI was reporting dramatic increases in the national crime rate. In the 1960s, crime rates rose for about 10 years; reported street crime quadrupled, and homicide rates doubled. However, the reason for crime can be explained by the "baby boom generation." The surge of young men was occurring precisely at the same time that the unemployment ... offenses are the single most important cause of the explosion in the incarceration rates in the U.S. Drug offenses alone account for two-thirds of the rise in the federal inmate population and more than half of the rise in state pri...

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... Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act, which was the most severe antidrug legislation put into affect(3). The NCA doubled the lengthy sentences of the Boggs Act, and added the death penalty in some cases. These laws also failed in extinguishing the drug epidemic. By now, most states specified that ... spends about 100 billion dollars a year on crime control. We could surely spend this money on something more useful, like schools and poverty. Since 1980, we have tripled our prisons population even though ...

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... Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act, which was the most severe antidrug legislation put into affect(3). The NCA doubled the lengthy sentences of the Boggs Act, and added the death penalty in some cases. These laws also failed in extinguishing the drug epidemic. By now, most states specified that ... spends about 100 billion dollars a year on crime control. We could surely spend this money on something more useful, like schools and poverty. Since 1980, we have tripled our prisons population even though ...

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... between 1991 and 1999 (Kann et al., 2000; Johnston et al., 2001). In 2000, heroin use was the highest it had been in 25 years, and use of ecstasy nearly doubled from 6% in 1996 to 11% (Johnston et al., 2001). To make matters worse, the purity of both cocaine and heroin has risen considerably in the past decade while the prices ... . Between 1993 and 1998, the number of adolescents entering treatment rose more than 45%, from roughly 95,000 to 138,000 (SAMSHA, 2000). Most of the growth in the patient population was due to an increase in admissions for marijuana abuse/dependence. Enrollment...

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