War On Drugs Essay

“In 2014 in the United States alone there were over 47,055 lethal drug overdoses, with 18,893 deaths related to prescription pain killers and 10,574 deaths related to heroin” (“National Opioid…”). Both prescription pain killers and the illegal drug heroin are linked by one key ingredient: opium. Opium is involved in the production of narcotics ranging from prescription medicine to illegal drugs. It has had an impact on many different points in history and on today’s world. From its impact in…

it's what my doctor prescribed to help my pain I have glaucoma and it is what helps get rid of the pain for me” “Isn't there anything doctor prescribed for me”. Marijuana is one of the most popular drugs used among teens today 11% of eighth graders, 24% of 10th graders, and 32% of 12th graders (“Drug Facts”) There are several reasons I picked marijuana as my research topic. One of those reasons is you hear about kids doing it all the time in school. Everytime I hear about people doing it in…

States is in a Drug War. A study from the Stanford Law & Policy Review found that fourteen billion dollars was spent in 2009 to fund the war (Street 232). Which is a good chunk of money to spend while the national…

same day, but was over before the students had even arrived, to switch busses and head to Mexico City. According to Bryan Walsh of Time Magazine, the couple had been accused of ordering the police to capture the students, and hand them over to the drug cartel, Guerreros Unidos (Pineda’s brother, Felipe Flores Velazquez, is said to be the head of this cartel). The couple fled the state as soon as word got out that they were being accused of knowing what happened to the students (Time, 2014).…

especially as smoked or consumed as a psychoactive drug.” One myth is that weed kills. This is a wildly inaccurate myth. For example, based on the substances alone; tobacco kills an average of 480,000 people a year, alcohol kills an average of 88,000 people a year, and marijuana kills zero people per year. Another myth is that people believe that there is unsavory long-term side effects with weed. This, while true for most all other legal drugs, is only applicable to those with brains who have…

prescription opiate users while also limiting the availability of dangerous opiates. Every year doctors are prescribing more and more opiates. At the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics, Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that the number of prescriptions for opioids has escalated from around 76 million in 1991 to nearly 207 million in 2013. She also stated that in between…

In, Unequal Under Law: Race in The War On Drugs, Doris Marie Provine provides a series of examples to validate her assertions regarding the relationship between race and the war on drugs. She utilizes events from the past and other methods to justify her claim, that “ . . . racism and fear of a restive underclass explain the persistence of the American war on drugs . . .”(p.7) Provine blames the media, law enforcement, and legislature for an approach that undoubtedly affects African Americans…

history of drug abuse, prostitution or…

Drug Abuse “I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one...” (Kemp 1). In today’s society it is common for individuals to link onto something such as a person or drug. The recurrent use of illegal drugs or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs with negative consequences is known as drug abuse (umm.edu). In this day in age drug abuse is consuming the nation and…

United States vs Portugal on Decriminalization of Drugs Decriminalization of Drugs in Portugal began in 1974 when democratic control was brought back to legislation (Thornton n.pag.). People that had previously left the country due to a dictatorship came back, and the people that returned were not all respectable. By the 1990s drug use was higher than ever. Many citizens were drug users. After that, the drug use sky rocketed. Included with the drug use brought addiction, HIV, and overdoses…