Administration

Supreme Court to his New Deal legislature (Doc. J). The New Deal had decreased unemployment, but to many it did not do enough. In an editorial in "The Roosevelt Record" the author chastises the administration for not offering more jobs for African Americans. He states that, "To declare that the Roosevelt administration has tried to include the Negro in nearly every phase of its program for the people of the nation is not to ignore the instances where government policies have harmed the race…"…

September 11, 2001 started out as a normal Tuesday for most people. They woke up, got something to eat, and then they left for work. The thing that people didn’t realize was that members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda were embarking on one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil. These individuals, 19 to be exact, boarded planes in the northeastern part of the United States and ultimately ended up hijacking them. Four planes all together were hijacked and sent barreling through three of our…

Marketing a good or service is dramatically influenced by how the good or product is advertised to the public. With the advancement of technology the methods and mediums in which consumers are targeted are advancing exponentially (Donohue). Advertisements are the way producers promote their product through a medium. From tracking browser usage with cookies, an intangible tracker placed by websites, to correlating advertisements to a source of media each advertisement is made like a tailored suit…

The regulation of pharmaceutical drug costs should take precedence in the United States Government due to the issue that prices are becoming too unbearable for the working class and low class citizens to afford. Many families are now having to decide whether or not to continue buying into these lifesaving medicines, or use their money for other basic needs, risking their health. An issue that sparked this need for regulation was Martin Shkreli raising the price of Daraprim, which is used to…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are the organizations responsible for the implementation of Head Start. Head Start is funded through the provision of federal grants for the operation of…

than 2000 tons of tobacco from North Carolina into Canada, which also not paying over $530 million dollars in taxes. The Canadian native is also involved with illegal drugs such as cocaine and other vulgar substances. The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration worked side by side with the Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian government since 2014 conducting more than 70 search and seizures, involving more than 700 officers from both countries and resulting in dozens of arrests. The…

The psychotropic drug market, one of which that has only come to existence a few decades ago, has boomed into a massive industry with billion dollar profits. Pharmaceutical drug companies used distinct marketing tactics in order to lure in potential clients to be prescribed their drugs. With the highest priority of pharmaceutical companies being profit, the public health of United States citizens is at risk. The psychotropic drugs prescribed by professionals paid by these companies cause many…

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has been in the spotlight lately, but not exactly in a positive way. The media and consumers have made it known that they don’t appreciate excessive price hikes in one of the many drugs Mylan produces. The EpiPen is designed for patients who have a severe allergic reaction to some substance or extreme cases of asthma attacks. Unfortunately for those that need the drug, prices have increased from $57 in 2007 to about $616 for a two-pack today—an increase of 1,080%. Just…

Introduction Policy is very essential for a society, as well as the well-being of individuals. Policies are created by different branches of government at different levels in order to protect human rights, assure the delivery of benefits, and create opportunities (McNutt & Hoefer, 2016). There are three different types of policies. Public policy is considered the decisions that the government makes and the laws, regulations, and other artifacts that result from these decisions, social policy is…

The Maple Peril and Government Inaction – Case 3 In the mid-1990s drugs manufactured in Canada were being imported into the United States. The driver behind these imports was the lower cost of drugs in Canada (Richert 2013). In 2004, Canada’s price review board estimated that on average Americans pay 67 percent more than Canadians for patented drugs (Richert 2013). One example, the antiretroviral drug ritonavir (Norvir) costs $700 per year in Canada and costs $7,800 per year in the United…