How Nixon helped drug cartels
The U.S. has always been in wars; whether it was to fight for freedom or to fight in order to prevent a future war. The longest war that the U.S. has fought would be believed to be the
Afghan war, but in reality the longest war fought would have to be the war on drugs. Starting 45 years ago and still ongoing today the War on drugs is an issue. In the 1960s, as drugs became symbols of youthful and political rebellion, and social upheaval, the government focused on the citizens medical safety and efficacy. Nixon went to harsh and increased the size and presence of federal drug control agencies, and used mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. Nixon’s war on drugs has proven to be ineffective and expensive, and …show more content…
The war has been a complete failure and has had many negative effects. It has caused huge problems in society and seems to just be getting worse. It has caused increased violence, increased brutality, increased deaths around the world and even corruption. Many of the problems that we associate with drug use are actually caused by the war against them. For example, prohibition makes drugs stronger which makes for an even more harmful drug. The more potent drugs you can store in as little space as possible, the more profit you make. It was the same as in alcohol prohibition which led to an increased consumption of strong liquor over beer. The prohibition of drugs led to more violence and murders around the world. Since gangs and cartels have no access to the legal system to settle disputes they use violence. In return this lead to a never ending spiral of brutality. According to some estimates, the homicide rates of the US is 25 - 75 percent higher because of the war on drugs; in mexico, a country on the frontline, an estimated 164,000 have been murdered between 2007 and 2014 (more people than in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq in the same period combined). Where the war on drugs might do the most damage in society is the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. For example, the United States, one of the driving forces of the war on drugs, has 5 percent of the …show more content…
As we stated before about five percent of the World population and 25 percent of world prisoners are citizens of the U.S. Only one quarter of the U.S. population are African American and Hispanics. Anybody would think that our justice system would serve right, but in reality it does not. Although white people are five times more likely to use drugs, an estimate of 58 percent of all prisoners are African American and Hispanic and African Americans face jail time at nearly six times the rate of whites. In fact Hispanics are almost four times as likely to go to prison at some point, but less likely than African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at ten times the rate as whites. Research shows that African Americans represent 12 percent of the total population of drug users, but 38 percent of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59 percent of those in state prison for a drug offense. People of color are not treated equally when it comes to jail time. African Americans serve as much time in prison for a drug offense as whites do for a violent offense. Drug offenses and violent offenses are two very different things, yet they are treated the same when it comes to race. But even after jail about 95 percent return to drug abuse after
The U.S. has always been in wars; whether it was to fight for freedom or to fight in order to prevent a future war. The longest war that the U.S. has fought would be believed to be the
Afghan war, but in reality the longest war fought would have to be the war on drugs. Starting 45 years ago and still ongoing today the War on drugs is an issue. In the 1960s, as drugs became symbols of youthful and political rebellion, and social upheaval, the government focused on the citizens medical safety and efficacy. Nixon went to harsh and increased the size and presence of federal drug control agencies, and used mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. Nixon’s war on drugs has proven to be ineffective and expensive, and …show more content…
The war has been a complete failure and has had many negative effects. It has caused huge problems in society and seems to just be getting worse. It has caused increased violence, increased brutality, increased deaths around the world and even corruption. Many of the problems that we associate with drug use are actually caused by the war against them. For example, prohibition makes drugs stronger which makes for an even more harmful drug. The more potent drugs you can store in as little space as possible, the more profit you make. It was the same as in alcohol prohibition which led to an increased consumption of strong liquor over beer. The prohibition of drugs led to more violence and murders around the world. Since gangs and cartels have no access to the legal system to settle disputes they use violence. In return this lead to a never ending spiral of brutality. According to some estimates, the homicide rates of the US is 25 - 75 percent higher because of the war on drugs; in mexico, a country on the frontline, an estimated 164,000 have been murdered between 2007 and 2014 (more people than in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq in the same period combined). Where the war on drugs might do the most damage in society is the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. For example, the United States, one of the driving forces of the war on drugs, has 5 percent of the …show more content…
As we stated before about five percent of the World population and 25 percent of world prisoners are citizens of the U.S. Only one quarter of the U.S. population are African American and Hispanics. Anybody would think that our justice system would serve right, but in reality it does not. Although white people are five times more likely to use drugs, an estimate of 58 percent of all prisoners are African American and Hispanic and African Americans face jail time at nearly six times the rate of whites. In fact Hispanics are almost four times as likely to go to prison at some point, but less likely than African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at ten times the rate as whites. Research shows that African Americans represent 12 percent of the total population of drug users, but 38 percent of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59 percent of those in state prison for a drug offense. People of color are not treated equally when it comes to jail time. African Americans serve as much time in prison for a drug offense as whites do for a violent offense. Drug offenses and violent offenses are two very different things, yet they are treated the same when it comes to race. But even after jail about 95 percent return to drug abuse after