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    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of the war on drugs have lead to astronomical annual expenditure, the highest incarceration rates in the world, and an outdated system that is failing.…

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    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…

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    Drug Policy Case Study

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    wants to find himself or herself in, is having an employee hand them a medical marijuana card when they are presented a drug test positive for marijuana. For this very reason, many human resource managers around the country are scrambling to stay on top of the medical marijuana laws in their state and how they affect their company’s drug and alcohol policy. As of 2015, twenty-three states and Washington DC had medical marijuana laws in place, the twenty-three states include; Alaska, Arizona,…

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    not of the people’s choice but in 1984, the authority has more control of the system than in Brave New World. In Brave New World the system starts by brainwashing them from “birth”, and are made to be controlled by the system and believe in specific truths. They’re kept in brainwashed by the drugs that the government gives them. The people are forced to take the drugs to continue to believe in the truths the system wants them to. “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone, cheeks…

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    People are something Quentin can advise but not control. Quentin even used the abstraction of committing incest with his sister Caddy to pacify the anger from the boys Caddy loves. Quentin keeps reminding himself about “death at the salt licks” to tell himself that Caddy can change. Quentin used the word “death” to signify the manipulation he has on his ideas and the potential of abstractions to collapse under reality(95,102). Salt blocks are used to lure deer and in this context it is something…

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    we read during the semester. Shahrazad used her storytelling to try and control how her life ended up. Going in she knew that she may be killed just like every other women, but she wanted to change that. She told stories to try and change…

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    Structure Line/staff management organizational structure According to R. Jones (George, 2011), a line manager is someone in the direct line or chain of command that has formal authority over people and resources at lower levels. Further, a staff manager is someone responsible for managing a specialist function, such as finance and marketing. At Cliq Digital the company’s structure can be seen as a line/staff management organizational structure. Authority rests in the top management as it flows…

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    Management Theory 1 1 History of the Management Theory The term management must be understood before the management theory can be understood or described. According to Charles Smeby Jr, (2014), the term management “is what enables an organization to achieve its goals, efficiently and effectively, with the necessary staff, equipment, and resources” (p. 29). He further goes on to say that there are four main points of responsibility of management. These include planning, organizing, directing, and…

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    An effective manager is efficiently able to integrate their core functions of planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating and controlling; to accomplish the outlined goals of the organization. An effective supervisor must be able to oversee staff to ensure that management’s goals are met. They must be able to delegate tasks appropriately, train and motivate employees as well as resolve any grievances to ensure completion of all tasks in a timely manner. One Stop Production, a uniform…

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    Charlie Moore, grandson of the organization originator, was placed accountable for the division. New ability, Barry Walkins, was gotten to shore up showcasing. Data and control frameworks administration was rejuvenated with the work of Stephanie Krane. Also, with an end goal to lessen costs, Chattanooga Ice Cream Division shut its unique assembling plant in Chattanooga and combined creation in its two different plants in Birmingham and Memphis in nineteen-ninety five. The issue that conveyed…

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