Office of National Drug Control Policy

the population is in favor of marijuana legalization. ONDCP states that in 2011 over 18 million people in the US, or 7% of the US population, had used the drug within the past month. Now that doesn’t seem like a huge demand for it but these results may not be as accurate since it is illegal. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the US spends $193 billion on health care, crime, lost productivity, as well as other expenditures. Prohibition of marijuana prevents the…

Should pro athletes be drug tested? Many athletes are drug tested each year, If they decide not to do drugs and pass or they decide to do them and fail is all up to the athlete. Almost every athletic team or company drug tests. It is a big part in sports behind the scenes. You hear on the news about how a big time athlete is under questioning about a drug scandal they were involved in or knew about. Many people involved in drug scandals have tarnished their careers and…

system, meaning the head of the government is the head of the state. This president is also in control of the executive branch. Guatemala uses a three branch system which includes the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. The legislative branch is a unicameral system meaning it has a single legislative chamber that discusses and votes on bills. This branch consists of the National Congress; a one house legislature with 156 members. Members are elected in September…

The War on Drugs: Has it been worth the price. Introduction The war on drugs in America has been fought since the 1880s when the Chinese Exclusion Act was first passed by congress. Several pieces of legislation have followed this initial volley in the war up to present day. Statistics from 2011 showed there where 1.6 million state and federal prisoners (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol, 2011) according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The United States has nearly a half million more…

anyone. According to Dr. Kima Joy Taylor, who is the director of the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap initiative (CATG), one in every ten Americans over the age of twelve are addicted to alcohol or drugs (Dr. Taylor). It is not only the fact that 23.5 million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs that is the problem. Out of those 23.5 million people only 11 percent of those addicted receive the treatment that is needed. It is completely unacceptable that so many Americans are living…

and Ineffective American prisons are among the most overcrowded correction facilities in the country. America is leading the countries with the highest incarceration rate in the world since the majority of the people taken to prison are non-criminal drug offenders. The issue of a failing prison system is one that increasingly elicited debate among American politicians. In particular, the concern has been that the judicial system is highly biased, with certain communities being the main target…

continues to cause major issues in rural areas of the United States. Many community groups and individual citizens put programs into motion to help keep teenagers from abusing drugs. In my hometown teenagers who abuse drugs continues to rise and nobody will step up and take a stand to help prevent teenagers who abuse drugs. Although, some organizations try to lower the rate of substance abuse, we need more solutions to help stop substance abuse. Our Community needs to develop a plan to help…

Q1: Policies that can shape or constrain the behavior of firms The competitive advantage between nations; is a set of special attributes of a nation, it is an advantage, capacity , ability that a nation has to enable it to produce or generate more income, profit, sales and revenue and enable the nation in constant attracting and retaining more investors than other nations(Open U, 2010). The competitive advantage puts a nation on the peak of success and maintains its strategic business position…

analysis offices within federal executive departments. Within this maze there is a direct line of authority and a line of coordination connecting these elements into a manageable soup. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States, leads the IC. Although this office is not listed as a member of the Intelligence Community, the DNI exerts leadership of the IC primarily through the statutory authorities under which he: Controls the National…

necessary when there already exists an FDA approved alternative, dronabinol (Marinol)? The debate lies in whether Marinol is more effective than marijuana in treating nausea. Proponents of Marinol, led by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), state that it is a safer drug. Marinol uses a synthetic THC and has all the benefits of marijuana without the risks. Marinol is FDA approved and legal in the US whereas marijuana is not yet legal in every state. Contrarily, many medical…