Nelli used many facts and statistics to prove Chicago was not the only city in America that was affected by Italian organized crime. ... Through extensive research Nelli discovered during the early 1900's cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angles, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and Denver all experienced a rise in the Italian population and consequently a growing crime rate. ... Italian crime syndicates refused to adapt to the American culture, instead they made American culture adapt to them. ... This acceptance was degrading to the America...

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(Segal 194) Many American teenagers use more than one substance, whether it is using multiple drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. ... Statistics and Epidemiology: Patterns of Abuse Although the United States is home to only 5% of the world's population, we use a staggering 50% of the illegal drugs available on the planet, and teenagers are a large percentage of this statistic. ... As stated by Helen Beiser, "two-thirds of American adolescents experiment with illicit substances before they graduate from high school... According to Monica Hernandez, African Americans and Hispanics...

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Most would like to believe that it is, and yet there are few statistics that state this as fact. ... "After Johnson, a conservative Republican, made his common-sense plea for a change in the way this country approaches drug policy, he was savaged by the bureaucrats who make their living by pursuing the drug war "Only when people begin to talk about drugs and the drug war realistically will they begin to figure out how best to tackle a challenge that has not been met by scare tactics, tougher laws and the exponential bloating of prison populations with people who should be receiving treatment....

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Then I will give you some startling statistics that the whole country should know, concluded by all the benefits we will all endure as a nation. ... For African Americans it is more the numbers are more like 1 out of every 4. ... We have the highest prison population in the world. ...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure i...

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