Drug control history

The War on Drugs The war on drugs has led to the development of many policies. These policies, over the last five decades, have had a negative effect on our societies well-being. Many policies were made to prevent drug use for certain drugs. Acts such as The Pure Food and Drug Act and Harrison Narcotics Act in 1914 are some of many examples that I will be sharing. In 1986, Ronald Reagan doubled down on the war of drugs that had been started by president Richard Nixon in 1971 (Bandele, 2016). Drugs were known for being bad because they fried your brain. Drug dealers were monsters because they sold to our neighborhoods. They were the reason why our cities were failing. In the 1990’s incarceration rates in the United States were sailing high through the roof (Bandele, 2016). As of today, we are imprisoning more people than any other country including China, Russia, Cuba, and Iran. Although the intentions behind the policies of the war on drugs were in good faith, the overall effects of the war on drugs have lead to astronomical annual expenditure, the highest incarceration rates in the world, and an outdated system that is failing.…

Though president Nixon is often seen as having started the modern war on drugs, his administration’s actual role in drug policy legislation and enforcement never lived up to the inflated rhetoric surrounding the issue. The war on drugs, from a policy standpoint, was largely created under the Reagan administration. Despite having fewer than 2% of the American public reporting that they believed drugs were the most important issue the country faced (Alexander, 2010 p. 49), the Reagan…

To leaders, workers, and interns of CALPRIG, Mass incarceration is defined as a large number of individuals being imprisoned. This definition gives no indication of a certain race, class, or religion being jailed, but we have seen incarceration in America be defined repeatedly by these very topics. Starting in the Nixon era, politicians starting advertising themselves as being, “tough on crime” to win elections and continued to cramp down on all drug related crime. Since this time, we have…

declared a war on drugs. Do you feel safe living in a drug free America? Are children and young adults living in the United States protected from the drug cartels? Do the American schools remain free of illegal substances? The controversy of legalizing drugs has been ongoing for years with more than enough anti-drug propaganda and reasons to vote against legalization of drugs. As the communities, schools, and youth become heavily impacted by the sale, use, and overdose of illegal…

seek to safeguard patient safety and ultimately ensure safe outcomes in relation to the administration of drugs (Koehler & Schwinghammer, 2008). The observance of the Six Rights and Three Checks principles are an example of measures that are undertaken to guarantee safety and positive outcomes in regard to the administration of medication (Koehler & Schwinghammer, 2008). The Six Rights in drug administration should revolve around the correct person receiving the medication, the nature of…

legalization of marijuana has begun to reach a boiling point, with proponents on both sides engaging in heated debate. But, both sides are guilty of administering some egregious misinformation. Which will hopefully be cleared up and dispelled with the content within this article. And hopefully give some insight into the dynamic issue of marijuana as a whole. From the economic stress caused by the illegalization of marijuana to the potential health benefits and health hazards associated with…

With the past leniency on government assistance, lack of control on benefits, abuse from recipients, and tax payer’s feeling their money should go to better resources. I strongly feel Government assistance should come with a required drug test for acceptance and yearly testing to maintain benefits. Government assistant is an amazing privilege our country offers, but with the current fraud that these programs are experiencing the ropes need to be tightened up. Benefits should be looked at as a…

discovery of drugs’ effects, uses, and treatments, drug legalization and decriminalization has become a highly contentious issue in our modern world with some groups promoting full legalization while others seek outright bans. Several countries such as Portugal have taken steps in decriminalization, which entails eliminating jail time for users but not dealers and traffickers, as opposed to legalization, which involves removing all penalties for drug usage (Vastag). On July 1, 2001, Portugal…

Should performance enhancing drugs be illegal for student athletes? All the way back in 1865, “canal swimmers in Amsterdam and Holland were the first competitive athletes charged with doping” (ProQuest staff). During these time periods many of these athletes would mix cocaine and heroin to make a concoction called the speedball (ProQuest staff). These athletes would mix the substances to get the extra boost of performance for them to believe that they were at their best every competition. Many…

Is the war on drugs a complete failure of a policy that has not deterred drug use, has some racists roots, hurt innocents, ruined lives and is a waste of money? The policy has been in place for over forty years and we are no closer to ending it than we were forty years ago. Has the policy that has cost the United States over a trillion dollars yielded any results? According to an opt-ed by Buchanan, Julian “the war on drug is nothing but a war on drug users.” Even though it was in reference to…