U.S. Policy makers dominate the “War on Drugs” for them to arrest ordinary citizenship for their illegal drug substance usage. In the year of 1971, Richard Nixon, the former U.S. President, declared the war on drugs against America society who refused to comply with the law by using it. The purpose is to make waves of arrests of the general population. The budget to fund the federal war is in the trillions of dollars, which covers expenses of weaponry and enforcements so they can maintain full power control against common people who use drugs. The law is present to protect citizens from harming themselves and helping drug users to resist the drugs, but the abuse of power control, by making profits from it, has collapsed the meaning of “War
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The main points that cause the colossal failure of “War on Drugs” has cost taxpayers in the trillions of dollars, has violated human rights by arresting instead of providing resources to help their drug problems, and has been an abuse citizen by federal arresting and fining theses in possession of …show more content…
Fisher he explains that there are “good guys” and “bad guys” in drug war but the war need to be end. The war against drugs but the enemy is drug addicts which mean the war isn 't winning. It is ridiculous to continue the war. Reagan Administration declared “Drug Free” in America. Enforcements and criminal justice look at it as a battle to be in power control over the community. “Drug Czar Barry McCaffery tried to tone down the rhetoric by saying that the effort was more like fighting cancer than fighting a war” (P 162). A pushing instead of helping drug addicts’ mentality to reduce or stop from using drugs. Society believe the illegal substance is more dangerous than legal drugs. Addiction are consider as a criminal but they need the resources to reduce the drug use. The care for addiction is always a challenge however it is easier to arrest them. The resources for addicts to receive the help is the problem because it cost money to fund the service. Federal doesn 't have the sufficient budget for drug addicts to get the treatment. Drug is everywhere in the world which it is up to society to maintain the control with drug laws, to help them not to destroy them. Legalization is a legal substance that was an illegal and it is not easy to have a drug that becomes legal. Society look at legalization as unacceptable because they was educated, since birth, of what was prohibition. Any kind of drug is
The main points that cause the colossal failure of “War on Drugs” has cost taxpayers in the trillions of dollars, has violated human rights by arresting instead of providing resources to help their drug problems, and has been an abuse citizen by federal arresting and fining theses in possession of …show more content…
Fisher he explains that there are “good guys” and “bad guys” in drug war but the war need to be end. The war against drugs but the enemy is drug addicts which mean the war isn 't winning. It is ridiculous to continue the war. Reagan Administration declared “Drug Free” in America. Enforcements and criminal justice look at it as a battle to be in power control over the community. “Drug Czar Barry McCaffery tried to tone down the rhetoric by saying that the effort was more like fighting cancer than fighting a war” (P 162). A pushing instead of helping drug addicts’ mentality to reduce or stop from using drugs. Society believe the illegal substance is more dangerous than legal drugs. Addiction are consider as a criminal but they need the resources to reduce the drug use. The care for addiction is always a challenge however it is easier to arrest them. The resources for addicts to receive the help is the problem because it cost money to fund the service. Federal doesn 't have the sufficient budget for drug addicts to get the treatment. Drug is everywhere in the world which it is up to society to maintain the control with drug laws, to help them not to destroy them. Legalization is a legal substance that was an illegal and it is not easy to have a drug that becomes legal. Society look at legalization as unacceptable because they was educated, since birth, of what was prohibition. Any kind of drug is