Illegal drug trade

The United States has become infamous around the world for several reasons in the 21st century. Perhaps one of the reasons that is least talked about is the one that sits right beneath the nose of every citizen in the country. The reason being the overwhelming number of people currently incarcerated in the United States jail system. The United States and all of her citizens account for less than 5% of the world’s population. This being said it seems strange that the United States also accounts…

Drugs as a Job Drugs were seen as a job. While many gang members who sell drugs, indicated that they would not give up drug selling for less pay by the hour, a number of them said they would sell drugs for lower pay, but an increase in hours. According to huff the drugs sold varied from region to region. Gang members were earning as much as $1,000 per week from 30 customers. In comparison those who were not gang member were earning $625 per week with 80 customers (Huff 1998:4) Gang Wars Gang…

writing in my book, highlighting marks anything possible to get my point across and to understand certain sections. The most interesting chapter in this book was chapter 3 which was about, how junkies aka addicts are people to and have jobs in the drug trade. They may be low on the totem pole but they are used for the operation and not to get the bigger guys caught. Also, in this chapter they speak on the neighborhood lango and how they have to learn it so they can understand the community…

epidemic that caused crime to get out of control (Pettit & Western 2004). The people demanded a get tough approach on drugs and crime. That’s when the government delivered by declaring a War on Drugs. However this War on Drugs…

amidst a dearth of options. It suggests the harsh reality of survival and the extent to which people must confront struggles. His realistic portrayal of the drug trade, which includes humans as mules as a way of trafficking drugs to the United States, and his obvious insinuation of how much more needs to be done with the so called “war on drugs” left me spellbound. The title of the film ‘Maria Full Of Grace’ has varied connotations to the viewer from grace to disgrace and back to grace as the…

inequalities of globalization and corrupting effects of foreign investment, the FARC grew from a grassroots socialist movement into the most powerful guerilla organization in Latin America. The rise to power was wrought with brutality, fear, and illegal drugs. The Colombian people in rural and remote areas once prided themselves on the continuation of the FARC for decades but by the…

Janice Perlman (2009) describes these factors as the ‘ingredients’ that create a ‘violence stew’ (p. 173). These ‘ingredients’ each add to violence and put its residents in a more vulnerable position. Most of these ingredients are caused by a strong drug gangs, indifferent government with unaccountable police, and vulnerable poor population. Each these alone would not necessarily increase the violence seen in Rio today, but when combined together create this ‘violence…

Colombia is a small country located in South America. The people of this country have lived in fear for many years. In 1538 Spain entered Colombia. Before Spain’s entry, the land was populated mostly by isolated tropical-forest Indians. Simon Bolivar became the first president of The Republic of Greater Colombia, after a 14 year war that ended when Bolivar defeated the Spanish. A bloody war began in 1948 when a presidential hopeful Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated. This did not end…

In recent years, it has been apparent that most illegal drugs come from South America and Latin America. In fact, around 700 tons of marijuana comes into Arizona from Mexico in a year itself. 20 percent of all marijuana that will enter the United States through Arizona this year is roughly estimated. The social and lawful hotspot around Mexico and America is the smuggling aspect. The general public frowns upon the use of drugs and other illegal substances being around them or in their own…

C Legal Analysis The decision in R v N surrounds the idea that public policy is not burden with the evidentiary value of the iPhone data but rather that social ideals of police conduct are upheld against the public desire to prevent and prosecute drug dealers. The warrantless search and the lack of reasonable suspicion are balanced against the public interest to determine the admissibility of the evidence. 1 Warrantless…