Decriminalization

The nation’s fastest drug problem is prescription drug abuse. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), prescription drug abuse is the second most abused drug on the market, with marijuana being the first most abused drug. Prescription drug abuse is starts out for most people as legal medical necessity, but then drastically turns to an illegal use the more time one uses the drug. In 2009, studies show that nearly one-third of the people over the age of twelve who used…

Those who choose to pick up this line of work need protection on a physical and mental front. John Truly-Ewart a risk migration specialist said in an article about sex work during the world cup that” "The bad press Germany has received is that decriminalization is a boon to the underworld. In fact, the opposite is closer to the truth. Prostitution is like any other industry. Make it illegal, and you give criminals a monopoly. Legalize it, and you give law-abiding enterprises a chance to compete.…

Their actions made countless improvements on the gay rights movement resulting in cultural, legal, and social evolutions, including decriminalization of homosexuality across the nation. This movement started off in New York at the Stonewall Inn, were police officers raid the Inn to arrest gay men. However, instead the police officers following the law that cops could no longer legally entrap…

The juvenile corrections have undergone considerable transformation as the criminal justice system started to change in the 20th century. Major changes affected fields such as diversion, decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, and due process. A contributing factor to the harsh penalties of juveniles is a failure to address any of the social problems that are closely related to the causes of the delinquency. Those social problems are poverty, underemployment, family disorganization, and…

Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in The American Black In this book, Eric Schlosser examines three unrelated aspects of the vast black market. The book states many facts surrounded with even more opinions. However, facts are backed up with the required research. Reefer Madness could have been three books, since all the last two essays seems rushed and thrown together with only one related theme, the black market. The first essay, ‘Reefer Madness’, successfully covers the laws,…

Drug addictions and abuse are not solely an American problem. The drug problem is worldwide. Drug policies vary from country to country and are unique to their specific problems. Each country has developed its own policy in regards to illicit drug use, with varying degrees of tolerance and enforcement towards consumption-related behavior. (Gatto, 1999). Most drug policies across the world are based on a harm reduction, prevention, treatment, and an enforcement type of approach. (Valleriani and…

I was a shy twelve-year old girl when I moved to Canada from a third world country. Being the 2 first woman in my generation to hold a university degree, it was a milestone that I never 3 thought I would achieve. Pedestrian rights were the first rights which fascinated me. However, 4 I realized the knowledge of my own rights was very limited. Hence, it only took me a second to 5 chose Criminology as my major in University. 6 In university, I not only learned an…

Punitive drug law enforcement is believed to be the best force in the fight on drugs thinking that criminalization works as a deterrent to drug use. Despite its worldwide popularity and use, evidence does not support the theory that increased punishment works to deter users from drug consumption, but actually increases problems related to drug use. Many countries who have also done comparative studies have identified no correlation between the harshness of drug laws or the intensity of law…

According to Lilly, Cullen, and Ball (2015), labeling theorists sought a reduction in crime if labeling theory was implemented in decriminalization, diversion, due process, and deinstitutionalization programs and processes (p. 163). However, it is evident many polices can be implemented insight of the labeling theory. For example, utilizing other forms of jailing for juveniles. Not every…

Legalize or at least decriminalize, most drugs: The nation’s prisons are full of people whose offense is drug related. Legislation may be a difficult path for the nation to accept, however decriminalization, where possession is treated as a civil rather than a criminal matter. This move can cut prison population in half. The money could be diverted from incarceration cost to community drug treatment programs and early-intervention and prevention…