Office of National Drug Control Policy

Athletes in high school have easy access to a range of drugs from their peers and classmates who might be encouraging the engagement of drug use. The opportunities to take any kinds of drugs are prime throughout a student’s high school career that influence the student’s self-control. By participating in drug use, a student becomes more susceptible to committing crimes, potentially putting their life in danger. While under the influence of drugs, student athletes are at risk of making impulsive…

There are many drugs that are illegal and for good reasons. Many drugs became illegal because they can hurt or kill the person taking them. Drugs are dangerous not just to the people taking them, but to everyone around those people. Drugs cause people to be in a fog like state in which people cannot be trusted to make the right decisions. Marijuana is one drug that the government is thinking about legalizing. It may not seem as bad as other drugs, but it can still cause destruction and death.…

Trade Bureau is the primary body that is responsible for regulating, executing and overseeing alcohol policies. (AmirLavine, 2012)In general the Federal government regulates the importation and taxation of alcoholic beverages. The most prominent alcohol policy that is still implemented today is the 21st amendment which repealed prohibition. The 21st amendment also allowed the individual states control over whether they allow the sale of alcohol and how it would be imported into the state. States…

Assistants, they’re lives consist of helping others who are not well. There are also Physician Assistants who help people that need attention on their skin known as Dermatology PA’s. In the everyday life of a PA, they meet with patients at either doctors’ offices or hospitals, write prescriptions, and give medical advice to their patients on an everyday basis. Overall, they do exactly what Doctors do but not as intensely.…

legalize marijuana? In the article “Marijuana Legalization: A Bad Idea”, Office of National Drug Control Policy it states that, “Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, with nearly 17 million Americans age 12 and older reporting use in the past month, and 374,000 people entering an emergency room annually with a primary marijuana problem”. What is marijuana exactly? Marijuana is the most commonly used drug made from dried, shredded leaves, flowers,…

The government should no continue the war on drugs. This was a national initiative started by President Richard Nixon in 1971 (Clegg1). Drugs trade produces about a trillion dollars a year and more 230 million people use illegal drugs (Branson1). The drugs were taxed at rates comparable to these on alcohol and tobacco (Branson3). Drug abusers filled courts, hospitals, and prisons (Tama1). People are pushing for the use of drugs to be recognized as a human right (Wrong1). Black American…

United States is facing a drug epidemic within its borders. According to the website drugabuse.gov (n.d.), abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and especially illegal drugs has cost $700 billion dollars annually. Illicit drugs in particular are responsible for $11 billion in health care costs annually, and $193 billion in total costs which includes law enforcement, lost productivity, and healthcare. These growing costs and the recent heroin epidemic is prompting lawmakers to look into policy…

the highest percentage of incarcerated individuals in the world (Beddoes). Drug offenders make up around 50% of the male population and 59% of the female population of prisons, with 80% in for possession (US Department of Justice). With recent changes in policies, such as legalizing marijuana and rehabilitation options, America has to consider the best course of justice (Progress). Are America’s current punishments for drug crimes ethical, economically practical, concurrent with modern science,…

Drugs and The Crime Cycle Drugs. A word that to most people has a negative connotation and one that some people automatically assume of illegal activity and danger. While this connotation is well deserved based on dire drug-related events in the past, drugs are a good thing and with the recent technological advancements society has come upon during the recent years, has helped promote living and saves lives when used properly. While drugs have saved many lives and influenced healthier living…

The National Drug Control Strategy is revised each year by the President of the United States. The United States has been fighting a losing war against drugs for decades. In hopes for a winning war against drugs, the main strategies for the nation’s illicit drug use is to stop the use of drugs before it starts by educating the youth, reduce the health and social costs of illicit drug use, reduce drug related- crime and violence, shield America’s air, land, and sea frontiers from the drug threat,…