Whose house are we living in, if the United States of America does not uphold principles of democracy, liberty, opportunity, unyielding, hope and strength for all citizens then how are we living as a nation? Drugs has created a society where certain groups of people are marginalized based on their race, financial status, education, and the environment in which they were born and lived. Illegal drugs such as heroin, crack, and marijuana has left millions of young people to be placed into the criminal justice system. Likewise, drugs in America has created a system of racial disparities, economical depression, and control within the African- American and Hispanic groups which then results in an culture of hopeless and suffering angry people.
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According to David Simon, creator of The Wire states, “The war on drugs is like the holocaust in slow motion”. This quote means, that drug causes destruction at the same rate of mass incarceration that have places children to live without their parents and parents without their children. It has been estimated that America holds 25% of people in the federal prison system. Sadly, people who are placed in the criminal justice system are not all criminals this magnification of problems tend to affect everyone such as their loved one, economy, and the community. In addition, most of the prison population are made up of drug addicts. The concept of power then becomes important to explore as one has to wonder why are laws not in place that will encourage law enforcement officials to have a better approach to addicts. From a social work perspective, this is a profound human rights issue that the America drug policy is lacking as they have no policies implemented that treats addicts instead they punished and criminalized them. I learned that politics is the driving factor in the drug industry. One of the reasons we cannot progress in implementing policies as a country is result from the lack of government resources that is not available to bring about …show more content…
As it not lie in a human failure, but society’s failure on the youths.
The documentary, has left me thinking about race and how it oppressed and marginalized groups of people. Are there any hope for the minority groups would they always seen and targeted as drug addicts and users? Ms. Betty Chism, In the house I lived in expressed that she worked for a white family where she was their nanny she said, when she was taken care for the white folks children there were no one taken care of mind, now my son is dead as a result of drugs.
The lack of parenting to facilitate change is one of the leading factors in the war drugs as shown in the film. The War on Drugs is like a battle which affects everyone. In addition, the war fosters and creates a society of people who are being abused by the government for they lack privilege and power. Fighting the War on Drugs is based on the idea of supplying drugs to the poor and uneducated and then sending them to federal
According to David Simon, creator of The Wire states, “The war on drugs is like the holocaust in slow motion”. This quote means, that drug causes destruction at the same rate of mass incarceration that have places children to live without their parents and parents without their children. It has been estimated that America holds 25% of people in the federal prison system. Sadly, people who are placed in the criminal justice system are not all criminals this magnification of problems tend to affect everyone such as their loved one, economy, and the community. In addition, most of the prison population are made up of drug addicts. The concept of power then becomes important to explore as one has to wonder why are laws not in place that will encourage law enforcement officials to have a better approach to addicts. From a social work perspective, this is a profound human rights issue that the America drug policy is lacking as they have no policies implemented that treats addicts instead they punished and criminalized them. I learned that politics is the driving factor in the drug industry. One of the reasons we cannot progress in implementing policies as a country is result from the lack of government resources that is not available to bring about …show more content…
As it not lie in a human failure, but society’s failure on the youths.
The documentary, has left me thinking about race and how it oppressed and marginalized groups of people. Are there any hope for the minority groups would they always seen and targeted as drug addicts and users? Ms. Betty Chism, In the house I lived in expressed that she worked for a white family where she was their nanny she said, when she was taken care for the white folks children there were no one taken care of mind, now my son is dead as a result of drugs.
The lack of parenting to facilitate change is one of the leading factors in the war drugs as shown in the film. The War on Drugs is like a battle which affects everyone. In addition, the war fosters and creates a society of people who are being abused by the government for they lack privilege and power. Fighting the War on Drugs is based on the idea of supplying drugs to the poor and uneducated and then sending them to federal