Essay About Drugs

our Nation, today the topic of the use and abuse of illegal drugs appears to be widespread. The United States is somewhat of at a crossroads in regard to its drug policy. Drug use, as well as abuse is prominent amongst our citizens ranging in different ages and classifications of people from children to adults, to the rich and the poor. Drugs do not discriminate whatsoever. Over the past half century, in a challenge to halt the drug trade, we, as a union have proceeded in taking many…

article, “Toward a Policy on Drugs,” (1993) he expresses drug policy in the United States, and provides evidence to support his beliefs on the matter. Currie (1993) says that the police can only do so much to stop the problem, and that the people must speak up for how they want the problem solved (p. 571). In the first few paragraphs, he states that punishment of drug users is not an effective way to end the drug problem. He goes on to say that we must instead rehabilitate drug users, and…

in a ‘do this’ and ‘do not do that’ type of society, primarily, around the topic of drugs. There are countless of anti-drug campaigns that blow everything out of proportion. Marijuana and ecstasy are two drugs that are consistently perpetuated to be worse than they actually are. “Truth” becomes stretched and used as a scare factor to make people not want to do them. Shedding light on the misconstrued topic of drug use is something that only a critical and mindful user can articulate with…

TAXES AT A HIGH PERSPECTIVE Illicit drug use “…includes the abuse of illegal drugs and/or the misuse of prescription medications or other household substances.” (DEA) A few examples of the drugs such as methadone, amphetamines, and cocaine are drugs that society has a negative perception about. The most commonly abused drug is marijuana, but adolescents can find many other abusive substances, such as prescription medications in the home. Illicit drugs have numerous negative features associated…

The War on Drugs: Has it been worth the price. Introduction The war on drugs in America has been fought since the 1880s when the Chinese Exclusion Act was first passed by congress. Several pieces of legislation have followed this initial volley in the war up to present day. Statistics from 2011 showed there where 1.6 million state and federal prisoners (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol, 2011) according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The United States has nearly a half million more…

Drug laws play a vital role in American society because drug use is an unfortunate part of the culture. Regardless of one’s views on whether some currently illegal drugs should be treated differently than others, the fact is that at this point all non-prescription drugs are illegal, and the government is responsible for responding to public outcry on this issue whether it be the legalization of recreational drugs like marijuana or the perceived injustices handed down to non-violent drug…

views on drug and alcohol regulations, as well as decriminalization and over criminalization. We attempt to regulate drugs by criminalization and harsher penalties, nevertheless that doesn’t stop the group of people who want them. I believe over criminalization doesn’t stop the problem, a few laws are just unenforceable. On the other hand decriminalization refers to lessening the penalties for certain crimes. For instance, looking the other way when certain things happen. The fact is “drug…

p. 2) A comparative risk assessment of drugs done by Dirk Lachenmeier and Jürgen Rehm, placed alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and heroin all under high risk toxicological levels, while other agents (opiates, cocaine, amphetamine-type stimulants, ecstasy, and benzodiazepines) under lower risk toxicological levels, and cannabis having the lowest risk levels (Dirk W. Lachenmeier, 2015, p. 3). This clearly demonstrates the inconsistency of unfounded drug policy. Drug seizures, police raids,…

There has been a deep seeded relation between drugs and crime in the public’s mind; one that has cost the United States more than just the $2.5 trillion dollars estimated for the War on Drugs (Andrade & Mellen 2011). However, nowadays drugs are being associated with health and medicine. Now, strong advocacy for harm reduction, as well as decriminalization from people like the Global Commission on Drug Policy, are starting to put pressure on the American policy makers. Prohibition didn’t work,…

The war on drugs has been recognized as a large issue that is present, yet untouched, in society today. Although I understand and agree with many of the ideas Norm Stamper approached in his article, “Let those Dopers Be,” legalizing all drugs would only fail to benefit society as a whole. Stamper neglects to address the damaging consequences that would occur if drugs were welcomed into our communities, open armed, and available for everyone. Stamper introduced that the prohibition of drugs…