Hawaii is known mainly for its beauty and beaches, but like everything else. It is not always what it seems. Hawaii isn’t exactly a getaway from all the world’s problem. In 2012, Hawaii was listed as one of the five states to have failed a legislature that addresses specifically to human trafficking. “With trafficking comes the drug industry and in 2001, drug convictions alone made up 50.4% of total criminal convictions in the state. ()” Human trafficking and Drug Abuse are both linked together and these problems need addressing. Not only has this affected our home, but also affected our committees as a whole. First thing that we should understand what is Human Trafficking? This refers to labor provided by individuals who are used
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There are girls as young as 11years old who are taken into this horrible trade as well. As these girls are taken they are beaten, raped, and forced to work for the pimps as prostitutes under threat that friends and family will be harmed if they try to escape. A spokeswoman from the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery, Kathryn Xian, is very familiar with the problem of human trafficking in Hawaii. She said that, “100,000 ads for Hawaii based prostitution services posted online each year and some of those services are local children from Hawaii. Within the next 10 years crime experts expect human trafficking to surpass drugs.” Now, if you take a moment, this is huge! For the longest time we have struggled as a nation and Hawaii to put a stop to the drug cartel, and now there will be a new problem. This is such a big deal because in December Hawaii was given the grade of an “F” for …show more content…
We see a person on the street who may seem crazy and that may be, but maybe this is a victim of using Crystal Meth. The state of Hawaii should really focus on dealing with both human trafficking and the drug issue.This is an increasing problem and if we look at the bigger picture this isn't even all of the drugs this is just one of them. It is affecting our people, safety, economic, and even environmental issues. The fact that 90% of the crimes in Hawaii are associated with Crystal Meth should be a huge red flag saying we need to deal with the issue for the safety of our citizens of
There are girls as young as 11years old who are taken into this horrible trade as well. As these girls are taken they are beaten, raped, and forced to work for the pimps as prostitutes under threat that friends and family will be harmed if they try to escape. A spokeswoman from the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery, Kathryn Xian, is very familiar with the problem of human trafficking in Hawaii. She said that, “100,000 ads for Hawaii based prostitution services posted online each year and some of those services are local children from Hawaii. Within the next 10 years crime experts expect human trafficking to surpass drugs.” Now, if you take a moment, this is huge! For the longest time we have struggled as a nation and Hawaii to put a stop to the drug cartel, and now there will be a new problem. This is such a big deal because in December Hawaii was given the grade of an “F” for …show more content…
We see a person on the street who may seem crazy and that may be, but maybe this is a victim of using Crystal Meth. The state of Hawaii should really focus on dealing with both human trafficking and the drug issue.This is an increasing problem and if we look at the bigger picture this isn't even all of the drugs this is just one of them. It is affecting our people, safety, economic, and even environmental issues. The fact that 90% of the crimes in Hawaii are associated with Crystal Meth should be a huge red flag saying we need to deal with the issue for the safety of our citizens of