The United States has taken steps to stop the use of drugs by making them illegal and enforcing this law greatly, but perhaps it is time for a new system. ... The government has placed restrictions on people's decision to use drugs, other than alcohol and tobacco, and they enforce it by filling prisons with non-violent drug users. ... Second, there would be a reduction spent on law enforcement efforts to prosecute users and sellers of marijuana and other drugs (Marshall 92). ... Another argument is that only through law enforcement and criminal justice pressure do addicts receive treatm...

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The Mafia participated in many illegal activities, but drug trafficking was one they seemed to flourish in. Their drug related activities posed a threat not only to the adult population who used drugs but also to the children involved as their agents. ... "In New York, law enforcement increased to where most major bosses were found guilty. ... This sudden increase in law enforcement made many Mafia bosses Curran 4 nervous. ... Most major organized crime families were eventually put out of order by law enforcement or destructed from the inside, but today in some parts of our country, man...

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The business most commonly practiced by bikers is drug trafficking. The FBI estimates the Hell's Angels take in $1 billion world wide from drug trafficking. In 1995, the east end Montreal drug trade alone was worth about five million. ... "Illicit drug use alone cost Canadian taxpayers an annual $1.37 billion at least "about $48 for each Canadian citizen- (Wilkins). The contribution from biker gangs to the Canadian drug trade is brutally damaging Canadian society. ...

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Teen gangs are bringing 20% more guns and 27% more drugs into communities which were once quiet areas (www.geocities/gangs.ca, 2002). ... Firstly, better law enforcement would help decrease crime rates and gang involvement. ... Another way for law enforcement to deter gangs is to toughen penalties for convictions. ... The problem lies with the parents who are never home and were never around to enforce discipline on their children. ... Being on a school sports team would help keep youth away from experimenting with drugs. ...

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Kennedy has also developed techniques that have eliminated many drug markets across the country. ... The first being law enforcement, and how from their opinion in certain neighborhoods, specifically ones that are filled with poor minorities, the communities with open air drug markets are utterly corrupt, and that there is no heart left, or that there is no community left. ... In this program, Kennedy held interactive social meetings between gang members, and the members of their communities ranging from respected community members, social service representatives, and even law enforcement of...

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s were pulling in millions of dollars a week by selling drugs in their controlled areas. ... At the bottom of the organization are the "enforcers" and the "shorties." Enforcers are the ones who issue out fines and "violations." ... Shorties execute drug deals and guard gang territory. ... He claims that his gang has gone straight and ended the days of violence and drug trafficking. ...

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Castells said this business relied upon a system of supply and demand poorer countries supply to the strong western demands within, for example, the sex and drugs industries. ... An example of this would be in Los Angeles, which has seen a surge in the drugs trade due to de-industrialization. ... Glocalisation is also explicitly seen within the drugs trade, as Class A drugs on the streets of the UK are unlikely to have been produced here but rather in places such as South America. ... This can be observed in Winlows study of bouncers, men who legitimately worked as bouncers but participated i...

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Wealth was acquired through illegal acts such as prostitution, gambling, and drug and alcohol distribution. ... In order to have a hold on drug trafficking crime syndicates had to be centered in good geological locations to be able to receive imported drugs. Cities near water, such as New York and New Orleans made perfect places for drugs to be smuggled. Drugs then were distributed throughout the country. ... Narcotics were not the only drugs that were illegal during this time. ...

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Earl porter's brother by the name of Mike Mayor was found dead after a multi million dollar drug deal had turned for the worst. ... The main drug of choice to sell for the GD's is cocaine. ... They dominate the whole drug trade in cities across the midwestern United States. ... Hoover wanted to control all of Chicago's drug traffic and also legitimate businesses. ... The chain of command went like this: chairman of the board, then street board and prison board, then governors, then senior regents and regents, coordinators, enforcers and last but not least foot soldiers. ...

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Drugs became an essential factor in determining gang membership. People were not only using drugs, they were beginning to sell drugs. Drug use is often times associated with gang membership. ... This narcotic drug became more prevalent on the streets with an extremely high demand and a profit for it (Meacham, 2008).Youth gangs were instrumental in the increase in crack cocaine sales and their involvement in drug trafficking made a growth in youth violence. ... These young members are used to carry weapons, drugs, and to commit other crimes because their youth attracts less attention from law ...

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The growth of major cities allowed the organized crime to flourish and, "make the provision of prostitution, gambling, and illicit drugs a profitable enterprise" (galegroup.com). ... Interference by law enforcement was handled not only through bribery but also by infiltration. ... Most big-city mayors opposed the very concept of prohibition While they deplored the violence of organized crime wars, "mayors feared that law enforcement would exacerbate the problem by disturbing the gangs' territorial and revenue-sharing agreements" (thefinertimes.com). ... The money sp...

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They make themselves readily available to organized crime as cocaine and drug dealers. This pays for their expensive weapons and their own drug habits. ... These groups also tend to be into drugs and may sell drugs but not as a gang activity. ...

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In response, Federal officials, in cooperation with local law enforcement, established the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force (LA Task Force), and launched its largest crackdown ever on LA gangs. ... Law enforcement is now able to release information to the public regarding a minor fourteen years old or older who has violated an offense as outlined in Section 707(b) of the W⁣. ... Law enforcement may disclose the name of a minor aged fourteen or older that has committed a serious felony as outlined in Penal Code section 1192.7c. ... During this time minors are subject to various terms and ...

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