Drug policy

The social policy on war of drugs is not always a good idea. Sometimes police officers may receive false, anonymous tips that people are selling drugs and due to this policy, police react on it with great force. The war on drugs seemed to have increased the force that is used when dealing with drug allegations. The way that police force and policy makers deal with the social policies regarding drugs is unproductive and infringes terrible things upon (sometimes) innocent people. Officers are…

Portugal's drug policy and convince us that it is superior than the U.S.'s drug program. He does that by starting his article with personal interviews and tales so that we connect with the drug addicts of Portugal in a compassonate way. Next, he uses that empathy to drive home statistics comparing the U.S.'s drug policy to Portugal's. Finally, Nicolas uses expert examples to make portugal's program hold more water. The first step in the author's mission to persaude us that Portugal's drug…

Throughout American History, minority groups have been no stranger to structural and institutional racism, whether it be through blatantly racist policies such as The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Jim Crow Laws, or Japanese Internment during World War 2, or through more discrete micro-racist projects such as employment discrimination, education discrimination, and unjust treatment by individuals in society. After the civil rights movement of the 1960’s, the concept of equality for all…

In recent years, the war on drugs in America has become a growing problem. In William Bennett’s paper, “Drug Policy and the Intellectuals”, he stresses the issue of “intellectuals” ignorantly becoming advocates of legalization. He talks about how changes in current drug policies would help stunt the growing drug epidemic, saving people from loosing their personalities and lives to drugs. Lastly, he suggests that legalization would give the government, and therefore the people, a fat receipt to…

“Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies” by Luana Ross, she states psychological distress and violence are factors that lead to drug abuse among Native American women. Once Ronald Reagan declared the drug war the 1980s, there were a higher percentage of Native American and African American women than men incarcerated in prison for drug charges. In the article “Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Policy” by Dorothy Roberts, Roberts…

ower to institute policies which restrict the use of specialty drugs and only giving priority to those who are in need. Increased efforts are also being instituted so as to provide research on the possible benefits and costs of specialty drugs with reports being expected on the newly approved high impact drugs. The reports will be responsible for the analysis of the drug’s effectiveness and the potential economic burden. Specialty Drug Policy Making Several policies are which are aimed at…

Overview of policy area In order to understand the role of ideology in Australia’s drug policy, it is first essential to explore its complex history in Australia. The first drug laws were strictly probationary, imposed under racial prejudice to criminalise Chinese and Indigenous Australian communities (Manderson, 1999). This approach dominated Australia's drug policy landscape for most of the 20th century. However, a widespread HIV/ AIDS epidemic and Prime Minister Bob Hawke's emotional…

and School Drug-Testing Policies Drugs, drugs, drugs…something about drugs seem to be in the headlines everywhere. Athletes, government agencies, welfare recipients, middle and high school have all had problems with drugs. Numerous of these affiliations have drug testing policies in place. Although, do they use them as a deterrent for drug use or is the policy even enforced? We shall take a look into the policies set forth in some high schools to see how they are handled. “War on Drugs” is a…

Imagine something affecting your state that surpasses the amount of deaths caused by homicide, suicide, motor vehicle accidents, and AIDS combined. That is what is happening in New Jersey. Despite numerous efforts by the state, the opioid epidemic is still on the rise. In 2015, a study conducted by New Jersey advanced media states that, “the per-capita rate of 8.3 heroin-related deaths per 100,000 people is more than triple the national rate reported by the Centers for Disease Control”…

The Influence of Politics on Health Care Regulations, Laws and Policies Politics is always a major influence in any society and affects its social economic activities that include health. As mentioned, all aspects relating to laws in health care move through the policy formulation process where they transform from being a mere proposal to an act that is enacted under the influence of lawmakers or elected officials or groups. When making laws, politics plays a major role where the political…