Office of National Drug Control Policy

been very successful in reducing the amount of illicit drugs smuggled across our borders. With an estimated 19 million Americans participating in recreational drug use each month and spending over $60 billion on the fragmented criminal drug market annually, the international drug trade is becoming a larger threat to national security. Additionally, the U.S. drug market generates billions of dollars in profits, providing international drug trafficking organizations with resources to evade law…

in Jacksonville. My county, Nassau, boasts about its beaches and excellent school system. Although I am happy with living in my community and my country, both share a common issue: drugs. Drug abuse is rising and affecting various people, including students in high school. This issue affects us all as it leads to drug addiction, overdoses, and users being arrested. As a fellow American, I hope you share the same concerns about this epidemic and how our country is handling it. President Nixon…

The War On drugs has cost the United States a lot of money despite being the War being very unsuccessful. Some say the War On drugs is a war on people or a war on minorities. According, to Dirk Chase Eldridge, the author of “Ending The War On Drugs”, the United States has 5 percent of the world’s population but consumes 60 percent of its illicit drugs. For decades, The United States has conducted a costly, escalating, and largely futile, war on illegal drugs. The War on Drugs has been paid for…

their health. Some people ( including me ) are for medicated Marijuana because “ marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS -- or by the harsh drugs sometimes…

America has declared war, a war against illegal drugs and illicit use of legal drugs. For almost a century, this battle has been fought and little to no progress has been shown. The war on drugs sets the stage to remove drug abusers from society, prevent illegal drug trades, and reduce the effect of drugs on society. The allure of a state of ecstasy draws individuals to experiment with illegal drugs. This, sometimes social behavior, almost always becomes an addiction, which alters the life of…

American immigration in the U.S. is most closely attributed to growing concerns of national security, because most Americans view migrants crossing the border as violent drug smugglers. Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 film, Traffic, contributes to the notion that the border is extremely dangerous, however, almost all of the violence that takes place in the film happens on American soil. Due to the numerous immigration policies and regulations that have been executed in the U.S., the amount of violence…

San Juan Hill. Also, during his presidency, he became known as the Trust-Buster while also campaigning for an expansion of the power of the presidency. He also was a big conservationist, establishing the United States Forest Service and multiple national parks and forests. All in all, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt had a great influence on the presidency and contributed to important conservation efforts in the United States…

Harvard. Allen published her article, “How the War on Drugs Creates Violence”, on October 16, 2015, in the Washington Post. Allen is a conceivable source due to her notable background in ethics and political thought. She uses a verity of sound sources and argumentative skills to call for the decriminalization of drug use to a public health issue in order to cease the many problems caused by the War on Drugs. Her premises argue that the War on Drugs spends a tremendous amount of tax money and…

I will then critically examine the political border around our utopia. A political boarder stops illegal activities from the outside like smuggling, drug dealing, and illegal immigration. On the other hand, a border is a recognition of citizens’ national identity in our utopia. Therefore, I argue that Tecchromeonde represents a better future in that the social practices of having an army and a political border both contribute to the sustainability of…

Commission on Drug Policy recommended that recreational drugs be decriminalized in 2011. According to the Global Commission’s report, the war on drugs, as coined by Pres. Nixon, has been ineffective and has actually harmed those it strove to protect. The recommendations of decriminalization are given in hopes to alleviate the problems current drug policy does not adequately address. Many social problems have arisen from the drug war and the policies it has caused. Recreational drugs such as…