Decriminalization

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…

It’s only been in recent years that the LGBT community has gotten decent positive representation in media. LGBT is a topic that can bring stigma, which can lead to misunderstanding and glamorization. Despite this LGBT content in media is slowly pressing forward to creating more realistic content representations that LGBT individual can identify with. Along with gaining the courage to create awareness and acceptance. Starting out the subject of LGBT was considered taboo. This being a fact not…

Introduction Being a Canadian municipality in the 21st century is a very politically delicate job. In the modern day, municipalities are not politically autonomous as they once were. They are under strict political jurisdictions and rules to effectively deliver services under a tight budget. The hardest part of this job is that do not get the support they require from higher government. As a result, municipalities often have to operate without questioning their authorities, and sometimes, they…

Reclassifying Marijuana as a Non-Deviant Substance Marijuana has gone in and out of vogue for the past hundred years in the United States. The concept of marijuana legalization has been the subject of ongoing debate since the early 1930’s. While medical marijuana is now available in twenty-three states, is decriminalized in multiple states, and is legal for recreational purposes in four states, marijuana is still viewed as a deviant substance. However, marijuana should be legalized because of…

LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA: IS THIS THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME AND OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS TO THE DRUG? The issue of marijuana use as a recreational drug is one that often leads to a series of debates but more so in light as to whether it is time it was officially legalized throughout the world. Husak (2002) defines recreational marijuana as the use of the drug to influence a change an intoxicating effect that is often considered to be pleasurable. Marijuana is thus the third highly used…

Do people really understand what mass incarceration is? African Americans and Latino’s are the ones being thrown in prisons and jails over white people. Why is that? Who is protecting our society when individuals are being thrown in jails for committing nonviolent crimes? “African Americans are subject to legalized discrimination in employment, housing, education, public benefits, and jury service, just as their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents once were.” (Alexander 2010) What is…

Medical Marijuana is legal in 23 states and Washington D.C. It is still considered in the United States federal offense to grow, sell, or even purchase marijuana. It has been around the world for many years to treat a wide variety of ailments spiritual and recreational purposes. Marijuana is known as Cannabis sativa. It is used in many ways and estimated that marijuana contains 460 active chemicals. This means the concentration of different ingredients varies from plant to plant, and will also…

Drug addiction is one of the oldest problems in the world that has yet to be resolved. Since the development of drugs, dating back thousands of years, there has been addiction to those drugs. Still today, there are an alarming amount of deaths of all ages related to drug dependency. If drug addiction has been around for so long, why has there not been a solution presented to end the drug overdoses and deaths? Unfortunately, it seems as this significant problem has been overlooked and ignored for…

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…

For many years California has been fighting against legalization of marijuana. So far four states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. These states include Washington, Alaska, Colorado, and Oregon. Twenty states have legalized marijuana for medical use, some of these states include California, Nevada, Montana, New York, and Maine. Undoubtedly there are some rare cases where medical marijuana is used for the correct purpose. Unfortunately that can still be abused. For years pro…