The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions concerning the case study found in Drugs, Society and Human Behavior by Ray and Ksir (1996). Do we try to reduce the overall amount of drugs in society or to reduce the harm that drug use may inflict? What do you think the goal of drug policy should be? Is drug policy a moral issue: Is it simply wrong to allow the spread of drug use? Therefore, answering the essential questions, but also including other information to support my answers.
CASE STUDY FINAL RAY AND KSIR (1996) After reviewing the information provided by the case study by Ray and Ksir (1996), I found the information to pose some valid analogies, and prompt reason to continue to be concerned. Currently, heroin and other opioids are rising in outrages numbers throughout the United Stated. According to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and the article, Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — The United States, 2000–2014 by Rose A. Rudd, MSPH1; Noah Aleshire, JD1; Jon E. Zibbell, PhD1; R. Matthew Gladden, Ph.D. “The …show more content…
The United States has spent “$50 billion per year trying to eradicate drugs from this country. According to DEA estimates, we capture less than 10 percent of all illicit drugs ("United States War on Drugs," n.d.).” Therefore, with this spending, the problem should be dissipating instead it is only becoming worse. If the United States continues its primary focus on taking out the small time drug dealers, the problem will continue to grow bigger. The person who sells drugs on the corner is the fall guy or the expendable one. He or she is not reaping a big income they only receive a minuscule percentage. What they make gets turned over to the middleman, who then turns his or her sales over to the next person in charge. Therefore, the vicious cycle of the drug game
CASE STUDY FINAL RAY AND KSIR (1996) After reviewing the information provided by the case study by Ray and Ksir (1996), I found the information to pose some valid analogies, and prompt reason to continue to be concerned. Currently, heroin and other opioids are rising in outrages numbers throughout the United Stated. According to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and the article, Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — The United States, 2000–2014 by Rose A. Rudd, MSPH1; Noah Aleshire, JD1; Jon E. Zibbell, PhD1; R. Matthew Gladden, Ph.D. “The …show more content…
The United States has spent “$50 billion per year trying to eradicate drugs from this country. According to DEA estimates, we capture less than 10 percent of all illicit drugs ("United States War on Drugs," n.d.).” Therefore, with this spending, the problem should be dissipating instead it is only becoming worse. If the United States continues its primary focus on taking out the small time drug dealers, the problem will continue to grow bigger. The person who sells drugs on the corner is the fall guy or the expendable one. He or she is not reaping a big income they only receive a minuscule percentage. What they make gets turned over to the middleman, who then turns his or her sales over to the next person in charge. Therefore, the vicious cycle of the drug game