Office of National Drug Control Policy

Due to the illegalization there is a black market for marijuana, which is controlled by an organized crime ring. Such markets don´t exist because of drugs but because drugs are illegal. One of the biggest issues inherent in black markets is violence. Because these markets are unregulated, participants can´t rely on consumer protection or legitimate police protection in the event of theft or other crimes. Therefore, black markets are lawless or rather live by their own rules. Most of the time…

This means the concentration of different ingredients varies from plant to plant, and will also differ depending on where the plants were grown. This herbal plant should be legalized in the United States because it will save taxpayers money, reduce drug related crimes, and relieve suffering of many terminally ill people. The legalization of marijuana has been debated within the American Society and Government. Decriminalizing marijuana would financially and medically improve America’s 75-year…

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for a national network of citizen-activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition and legalizing marijuana” ("NORML-Working to Reform Marijuana Laws", 2017). NORML has chapters all across the country as well as representatives that are based in Washington DC ("NORML-Working to Reform Marijuana Laws", 2017). There are also government agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA), State level Liquor Control Boards, Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of National Drug…

Theodore Roosevelt made a great impact while in office at the White House. He also abuse his power as the President during his years. Most of his legacy included; Act, Act, Ac, Act. Now even though he won the noble peace prize in 1906 for creating a peace movement. Therefore developing countless “Acts” that help America evolved in what it is today. Whereas, he still made some unforgettable decision, such as, Brownsville and imperialism. However, his time in the White House was quite memorable,…

laws. One of the factors of the prison population growth is the “War on Drugs”. Throughout his presidency until his resignation President Nixon set the foundation for the War on Drugs by creating institutions like the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP) and the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement. President Reagan’s administration expanded on the precedent set by President Nixon and put the war on drugs as one of the leading issues of his campaign. Fear…

The drugs policy in the United Kingdom is not fit for purpose. Drugs are a massive problem in today’s society and the UK government made it illegal to be in possession of drugs for use or sale. The ongoing debate about the legalisation of cannabis is a huge issue in today’s society, as is the problem with legal highs not coming under current drug laws and not enough is being done about the number of people taking them. Another big issue that is not being dealt with appropriately is that people…

President Nixon declared a “war on drugs”, and increased the size of federal drug control agencies. To help combat the use of drugs, mandatory sentencing was implemented, which granted for a first time offense a minimum sentence of 5 years in a federal prison. By the Reagan presidency, the number of non-violent drug offenders imprisoned skyrocketed from 50,000 to over 400,000 by 1997 (“A Brief History of the Drug war”). As a result of the incarcerations many families have…

Clearly, all of drugs are addictive and unfortunately are not hard to find. “I was addicted for seven years, I was getting them from my friends, well who I thought were friends, and now after rehab I can’t see them anymore,” said Stashak (Stashak 2014). Like Stashak, many people purchase these drugs off of their “friends” who are prescribed by a doctor or get them from someone else. For some people they receive them right from their physicians. “Illegal acquisition of prescription drugs for…

University by the name of Danielle Allen wrote “How the War on Drugs Creates Violence”. Allen makes a solution to the war on drugs, she emphasizes that making drugs a public health problem will then decrease the incarcerations, homicides, and poor education rates. If drugs were being tried like a health issue, not a crime, the rates of everything else that is carried on with the drug use would drop. The quantitative amount of illegal drugs that is spent by Americans as one of our leisure’s and…