United States has the world largest prison populations Most of the inmates are not rapist murders or robbers but are drug addicts and sellers. Every year thousands of inmates are sentence to long prison terms for a variety of drug crimes. Most of the inmates are getting mandatory sentences because of laws that been put in place to curtail the use of drugs but they are not working and more and more people are going to prison for long term. The sale of illegal drugs in the US is extremely lucrative, earning an estimated $60billion and involving 16 million or more customers each year. In 1999, Americans spent an estimated $36 billion on cocaine, $11 billion on heroin, $10 billion on marijuana, $6 billion on methamphetamines, and $3 billion on
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(n.d). LSD was made illegal when it was associated to student riots, antiwar demonstrations, and the counterculture. It is a home grown drugs that is produced mostly in the US and its mostly motorcycle gangs that traffic it from state to state. LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which can be found in the plant ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. LSD can be sold in tablets and capsules, it is rarely sold in liquid form. It is a drug that most user take orally. The high that LSD causes is called “trips” and are usually long and last for hours. Since that can be in any form it makes the drug easy to conceal and keep it on hand. LSD has a wide range of affects with each depending on the amount that is taken. IT can cause your body temperature to raise and increase your heart rate and blood pressure. It can also cause profuse sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. If someone is caught with LSD and has less than 9 grams or mixture on them they can receive 5 years minimal. If a death occurs because of the drug then they receive a minimal of 20 years and a fine up to two million dollars. If the person is caught with ten or more first offense they get 10 years minimal. If a death occurs because of the drug they can get life in prison. Their fine is at most 4 million
(n.d). LSD was made illegal when it was associated to student riots, antiwar demonstrations, and the counterculture. It is a home grown drugs that is produced mostly in the US and its mostly motorcycle gangs that traffic it from state to state. LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which can be found in the plant ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. LSD can be sold in tablets and capsules, it is rarely sold in liquid form. It is a drug that most user take orally. The high that LSD causes is called “trips” and are usually long and last for hours. Since that can be in any form it makes the drug easy to conceal and keep it on hand. LSD has a wide range of affects with each depending on the amount that is taken. IT can cause your body temperature to raise and increase your heart rate and blood pressure. It can also cause profuse sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. If someone is caught with LSD and has less than 9 grams or mixture on them they can receive 5 years minimal. If a death occurs because of the drug then they receive a minimal of 20 years and a fine up to two million dollars. If the person is caught with ten or more first offense they get 10 years minimal. If a death occurs because of the drug they can get life in prison. Their fine is at most 4 million