Food and Drug Administration

Russia (Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total). These surprising statistics are due in part to the drug war, which has only resulted in the increase of illicit drugs and the mass incarceration of American citizens. The action America takes may affect the future in ways that could damage families across this once great land in a very similar way the American Prohibition did so long ago. Drug abuse as a result should be decriminalized, as otherwise innocent people are spending countless…

Enrique Camarena, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Special Agent was abducted on February 7, 1985 near the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico and shortly after that, Capt. Alfredo Zavala, a DEA source, was abducted from a car near the Guadalajara Airport. They were tortured for over 30 hours and died. The two abductions would be one of the largest investigations ever conducted by the DEA. The case would involve major forensic problems. Many suspects were arrested and tried for 8 weeks in…

NOW COMES the State of New Hampshire, by and through the Office of the Rockingham County Attorney, and states as follows: 1. The defendant is charged with one count of Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Sell [Principle/Accomplice] and one count of Possession of a Controlled Drug. 2. On June 2, 2016 the State received the defendant’s Motion to Suppress. 3. Defendant’s Motion to Suppress argues that the detention and search of the defendant and his vehicle violated Part 1, Articles…

Mass incarceration also creates a social hierarchy with Blacks being at the bottom because of being labeled a drug addict/user and a criminal, which in Rawls’ perspective is an injustice because its placing certain individuals higher than others. Rawls would view the situation the same as he viewed distribution of wealth and income, except the moral inquiry would…

Politics in Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Although Kanye West has never shied from controversial politics, such as an instance following Hurricane Katrina in which he stated, “George Bush doesn't care about Black people,” the release of the single “New Slaves” from the album Yeezus elevated his level of sociopolitical critique. This work is unique as it overtly introduced its critiques of racist continuity present throughout American history. Ultimately, West seemed to seek to illustrate a…

Throughout world history, societies have used drugs, such as ayahuasca, opium, and marijuana, for spiritual and medicinal purposes. Even in our own country during the, heroin was prescribed to treat respiratory illness and cocaine was consumed recreationally via Coca-Cola products. In relatively recent years, however, the American government enacted numerous policies targeting the sale, possession, and use of specific drugs. In 1915, The Harrison Narcotics act enforced a policy with restrictions…

Outlawing vice activities like drugs, gambling, or prostitution, by its nature, breeds police corruption. And, corruption is just as visible with the current drug war, if not more so, than during the prohibition of alcohol. For example, there were 125 employees convicted for drug trafficking/corruption crimes in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency alone from 2005 to 2012. Corruption is widespread enough that stopthedrugwar.org publishes an article every week, “This Week’s Corrupt Cops…

Nixon declared drugs abuse as a threat to national security or “public enemy number 1,” launching the United States into one of the most costly “wars” its ever fought. The presence and size of federal drug enforcement were increased as long as pushing for mandatory sentencing among other striker jailing laws. When Reagan came into the office, it marked the start of ballooning rates of incarceration and costs due to the expansion of the effort to fight drugs. The publics fear of drug use…

in personal drug use are only harming themselves, similar to alcohol and smoking cigarettes, so why are we pursuing this so heavily? In relation to this, the drug usage is likely symptomatic of other problems that have led people to turn to the use of drugs as a coping mechanism. These problems can stem from racial or systemic barriers including poverty. Where and why did the war on drugs begin, and is it actually doing anything to reduce drug related crime and addiction to these drugs, as it…

produce and the message perceived by myself and many others is to rethink the War on drugs and what it is doing to today’s society. This challenge…