Rockefeller drug laws

half of them have substance use disorders. (What role can the juvenile justice system play in addressing adolescent drug abuse?, 2014) But being youthful offenders, these adolescents are lucky because if they were adults they would do jail time; especially during the 1970s and the Nelson Rockefeller Drug Laws. The Rockefeller Drug Laws prosecuted adults with at least two ounces of drug possession with major sentences. (Gray, 2009) Thank God today, even though there are still remnants of the…

In the late 1950’s and throughout the 1960’s sentencing for misdemeanor or non-violent felonies where at the hands of the judges. This allowed a certain amount of controlled flexibility in how they sentenced. They came up with some very constructive ways of dealing with what they perceived as a possible and potential long term problem individual. The sentencing sometimes took on a geopolitical form by offering the individual to be sentenced, the potential problem child, to a two-year stint in…

Standard Oil Company was established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller in Ohio (Exxon). Not too long after, in 1879 Standard bought three-quarters of Vacuum Oil company, which later became Mobil (Exxon). Three years later in 1882, Rockefeller formed Standard Oil into a trust which included the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, which later became Exxon, as well as Vacuum, and many others (Exxon). However, following a Supreme Court decision the company was split into 34 unrelated businesses in 1911…

to make one big company. But were these people actually “Rober Barons”? They had lots of money but were they breaking the law? In the book Taking Sides by Larry Madaras there are two people to argue this question. Howard Zinn believes that these big shot entrepreneurs were in deed “Robber Barons” because they exhilarated monopolies and used government officials to keep laws in agreement to it all. John S. Gordon argues…

economics. The worded “gilded” means gold and during this era there was a lot of fortune accumulated. Overall during this time period the United States has a lot of gain but also faced an ers with ongoing social issues. Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt were some of the biggest businessmen during this time but were also, robber barons because they would go to any extent to gain success and they made millions of dollars from the hard work of others. The Gilded Age…

Captains of Industry were people who became extremely rich during the industrial revolution. For example, Milton Hershey became wealthy for selling his caramels and chocolates, then later used his wealth to benefit others. Similarly, in the passage “Let There Be Light” by Tom Fitzpatrick, Andrew Carnegie is described as hardworking, ambitious, and selfless. To begin, Carnegie is hardworking. For example, when Fitzpatrick is describing Carnegie’s early life, he shares with the reader, “Andrew…

It may seem odd to think that without Bill Gates this world may never have come to the technological advancements that east today. Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle. He and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. Bill Gates never finished college but went on to become the richest man alive, changing the world through technological innovation and business strategies and helping the less fortunate through charities and donations. Bill Gates did not even finished college but that…

In the 1890’s to the 1920’s America had many large businesses and companies starting up. Many of these Businesses and companies were owned by large tycoons like John D. Rockefeller. A tycoon is, as described by dictionary.com, “a person of great wealth, influence, or power.”One of these large business tycoons was John Pierrepont Morgan, he is better known as J.P. Morgan. He was a financial, railroad, and a banking tycoon who sometimes merged with other companies. Such as the time that he merged…

steel industries. With the rise of these three major businesses there were many prosperous effects but there were also many repercussions of the growing businesses. John D Rockefeller and his company, Standard Oil, controlled the oil industry. With this company he controlled 90 percent of all oil manufacturing.…

Discuss the competition between Carnegie and Rockefeller in late life. Who won? I feel that Rockefeller won the competition just in sense of what he was still able to do in his later life. Even though his business was split up, he was still able to use it to his advantage. If we think of terms of just finally being able to…