Drug Enforcement Administration

Outlawing vice activities like drugs, gambling, or prostitution, by its nature, breeds police corruption. And, corruption is just as visible with the current drug war, if not more so, than during the prohibition of alcohol. For example, there were 125 employees convicted for drug trafficking/corruption crimes in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency alone from 2005 to 2012. Corruption is widespread enough that stopthedrugwar.org publishes an article every week, “This Week’s Corrupt Cops…

secure any records and data that will be needed for a testimony in the courts. The state and local law enforcement operate at their designated areas under their jurisdiction. Several jobs include uniformed police officers, state police officers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and detectives and criminal investigators. The uniformed police officers, for example, follow the general law enforcement duties that were listed above. These officers are easily identified by the public due to the blue…

types of police departments or law enforcement agencies classified on the basis of geographical jurisdiction: federal law enforcement agencies, state police departments, and local police departments, station houses, substations and precincts. To an extent, local police departments also refer to the work of sheriff departments. Law enforcement agencies on federal level include the highway patrol, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and other specialized…

The legalization and decriminalization of Marijuana After struggling in my own life with alcohol and drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, I have always had an interest of the history of drug abuse and this country’s war on drugs. I personally believe that Marijuana does not fall into the same category as alcohol or any other drugs. For most of human existence we have used plant remedies as medication, food, and religious ceremonies. Marijuana was first used for its hemp fibers to make clothes and…

My face twisted. Gently, I placed the freshly baked chocolate chip cookie I had been washing down with my whiskey into the garbage, “Ew.” “I ended up having to drag him to the tub and wipe his bottom with wet napkins,” she went on, “After that, I couldn’t take it anymore. I left.” If I would be inclined to give the ladies any advice, it would be to shut the fuck up about your ex-boyfriend war stories. I don’t want to hear how you smeared shit on your love’s asshole once upon a time. Amy’s…

Just or Unjust Liability: The RAVE Act Drug policy has always been a controversial issue in the United States of America, and recently the government’s focus has been on “club drugs” such as ecstasy or MDMA. Club drugs are often associated with raves, electronic music festivals, and nightclubs. The government enacted an unusual form of drug policy in 2003. The federal government has decided that the owners and or promoters of the rave community are liable for the illegal actions of their…

of finding new side effects that could make the product harmful for consumer consumption. Pfizer, like many other pharmaceutical companies start to market and promote a new medication once it receives the approvals from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Millions of dollars are spent marketing a new medication from the point of FDA approval. It is important…

DTC Prescription Drug Advertisements: Wasteful or Beneficial? The $395 billion United States Pharmaceutical industry spent $5.2 billion on advertising drugs directly to consumers in 2015 (procon.org). This is an extremely excessive amount of money spent on a topic that is quite irrelevant. The United States and New Zealand are the only countries where drug makers are allowed to market prescription drugs directly to consumers (Harvard’s Health). The fact that only two countries in the world…

The pharmaceutical market in the United States is not a price regulated market, meaning the price of the drugs can be placed at any price without question. Due to the lack of regulation the pharmaceutical industry is the largest profit gaining industry in the United States market. Although this is great for the industry, it is not enjoyable for the consumers. Many Americans cannot acquire the medications they need to better their health because of the high costs. The World Health Organization…

The psychotropic drug market, one of which that has only come to existence a few decades ago, has boomed into a massive industry with billion dollar profits. Pharmaceutical drug companies used distinct marketing tactics in order to lure in potential clients to be prescribed their drugs. With the highest priority of pharmaceutical companies being profit, the public health of United States citizens is at risk. The psychotropic drugs prescribed by professionals paid by these companies cause many…