Drug Control Policies
I have considered two U.S. drug control policies that address the supply side and demand side. Conspiracy laws on the supply side have been most effective and mandatory minimums have been the least effective. First, conspiracy laws will be discussed. This paper will be on when it was developed/implemented, the policy’s goal, whom does it target, the benefits and consequences, and whether or not it is successful. Although, it is not without common law precursors, federal conspiracy law is mainly of Congress's design. It is what Congress required, and that the courts comprehended Congress’s intentions. It was not to state that conspiracy was unfamiliar at that period in England, but it was a weak image of crime as individuals …show more content…
Conspiracy laws allow for the legal means to seize assets gained by drug criminals. If investigators have all of the required documentation, charges can be brought down on anyone in an organization. This could be from a kingpin to a street dealer. In most cases, the goal is to take down the top. If you catch one of the street dealers it will only be that because that offender has not seen anything above his pay grade. Plus, with the “just in time” method, the high level dealer is only going to give that street dealer just enough to sell so if that person gets caught it is not a loss. It is usually a huge network of dealers that know nothing of each other. A lot of kingpins never even touch or see the drugs. That is where the conspiracy is a great tool because the individual’s dealings from a far can be prosecuted with conspiracy evidence. The gathered accounts by a single conspirator are permissible evidence against all in the chain. Although, it is very confusing trying to decipher this web of crime. It involves lots of man-hours tracking these organizations with wire taps, monitoring cell phones, and cyber media. In a chain conspiracy if law enforce can destroy a part in the chain then it all goes down but to prosecute everyone in the chain has to show knowledge of the illegal act which is difficult. The wheel conspiracy has one hub and spokes that have to be in agreement, but if the hub is caught then organization will not function. It is hard to get to the hub because the spokes will not show an agreement. There is also the enterprise conspiracy; this is a person that has been shown to be in two types of racketeering that could be prosecuted. With this all that needs to be shown is an offender’s willingness to join a criminal
I have considered two U.S. drug control policies that address the supply side and demand side. Conspiracy laws on the supply side have been most effective and mandatory minimums have been the least effective. First, conspiracy laws will be discussed. This paper will be on when it was developed/implemented, the policy’s goal, whom does it target, the benefits and consequences, and whether or not it is successful. Although, it is not without common law precursors, federal conspiracy law is mainly of Congress's design. It is what Congress required, and that the courts comprehended Congress’s intentions. It was not to state that conspiracy was unfamiliar at that period in England, but it was a weak image of crime as individuals …show more content…
Conspiracy laws allow for the legal means to seize assets gained by drug criminals. If investigators have all of the required documentation, charges can be brought down on anyone in an organization. This could be from a kingpin to a street dealer. In most cases, the goal is to take down the top. If you catch one of the street dealers it will only be that because that offender has not seen anything above his pay grade. Plus, with the “just in time” method, the high level dealer is only going to give that street dealer just enough to sell so if that person gets caught it is not a loss. It is usually a huge network of dealers that know nothing of each other. A lot of kingpins never even touch or see the drugs. That is where the conspiracy is a great tool because the individual’s dealings from a far can be prosecuted with conspiracy evidence. The gathered accounts by a single conspirator are permissible evidence against all in the chain. Although, it is very confusing trying to decipher this web of crime. It involves lots of man-hours tracking these organizations with wire taps, monitoring cell phones, and cyber media. In a chain conspiracy if law enforce can destroy a part in the chain then it all goes down but to prosecute everyone in the chain has to show knowledge of the illegal act which is difficult. The wheel conspiracy has one hub and spokes that have to be in agreement, but if the hub is caught then organization will not function. It is hard to get to the hub because the spokes will not show an agreement. There is also the enterprise conspiracy; this is a person that has been shown to be in two types of racketeering that could be prosecuted. With this all that needs to be shown is an offender’s willingness to join a criminal