The enforcement of alcohol also cost the government large sums of money. After the first year of enforcement, America lost 5 million dollars. ... Both cases involved in some way the banning of a mind altering drug or drugs. ... This so called "War on Drugs" has done nothing to lessen illegal drug use in the US. ... I'm not saying that all drugs should be made legal, just the so called "Soft Drugs" like Cannabis and Phsycadelics. ...

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The war on drugs has given police a license to target those people who they believe fit the "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ... But law enforcement tactics remain concentrated in the inner city, continuing to feed the perception that drug dealers and users are black. ... The practice of profiling has "helped breed a deep...

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Why Don't More Kids Have Assets "Adults and institutions have become uncomfortable about articulating values or enforcing rules and consequences". ... Now days it has become uncomfortable about articulating values or enforcing rules and consequences. ... Another thing I blame is television, no America showers and crowns rappers, drug dealers, and children now get the wrong idea of the concept of things. Children think it is cool for them to sell drugs, use profanity, do drugs, and disrespect the authority. ...

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The drug use in America is not decreasing. ... Simply make each drug with a precise description of what effect good or bad the drug will have on the taker (Vanity Fair 3)." ... More law enforcement would greatly help.! ... There should also be more law enforcement. ... Officers can create their own special unit for drugs and drug testing. ...

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Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. ... Even though these advocates are definitely pro-war on drugs, they have no realistic illusions of the total eradication of drugs and drug abuse in the United States of America. ... To stop the trafficking of illicit drugs is just one of many aspects to fighting a successful war on drugs. ... The war on drugs was designed by the government to, basically, reduce the demand for illegal drugs by educating the public about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse. ... The surveyi...

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It's this drug that helps them pass the time, day after day. ... And it is becoming more common to see this helpful drug being prescribed by doctors. Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers around $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more then 734,000 individuals each year. ... President Jimmy Carter once said "penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual then the use of the drug itself." ... How about a little fact to end on; marijuana is a stimulant and sedative drug at the same time. ...

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With marijuana a lesser problem, law enforcement could concentrate on more hazardously addictive problem drugs such as amphetamines or MDMA (Extacy). ... This has led to a crackdown on marijuana and more frequent attempts at harsher legislation against the drug to be passed, but the fact still remains that marijuana is a nonlethal drug often used by people from all backrounds the same which may include alcoholism. ... Since marijuana's spread in the early-to-mid 1800's, the drug has been used to treat ailments as prescribed by doctors for pain, nerve damage, psychosis, and ...

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He should have to help out at a hospital where babies are born addicted to alcohol or illegal, explicit drugs. ... The third way teens can be penalized for drunk driving, is by enforcing a very high fine. ... If these three penalties are strictly enforced, I believe it will reduce the number of deaths caused by teen drunk driving. ...

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The most common drug used today is marijuana. Hemp was originally made illegal not because it was some harmful drug. ... It is often reported that marijuana is a gateway drug. ... If marijuana really were a gateway drug, hard drug use would have gone up, not down. ... It is time to get the government out of drug enforcement." ...

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"The list of people banned from buying guns has expanded to include people convicted of any non-business related felony, the mentally challenged, and users of illegal drugs" (Guncite 1). In 1972, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was created to control the illegal use and sale of firearms and to enforce the federal firearm laws (US Gov. ... The "fingerprints" can then be entered into a computer and are accessible to law enforcement agencies. ... The IBIS system will increase law enforcement's ability to link guns with crimes. ... Common sense would tell us that this would no...

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What the 'Zero Tolerance' policy meant was that all laws would be strictly enforced comes along with aggressive police enforcement (Grabosky, 1999). ... Bush has always been committed to engaging in a war on drugs (Whalen, 2001). ... Bush took military action in Panama to counter cartel drug activity (Whalen, 2001). ... This corruption makes things even hard for the United States in dealing with drug traffickers and money launders. When this cartel produced drug activity spills over into the U.S. the criminals must be dealt with within the U.S. court system, as stated in the article...

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Throughout America the drug that is used the most among teens is alcohol (Social 1). ... Georgia implemented a plan in 2001 to enforce underage drinking. ... Necessary tools were provided to help enforce these laws as well. More law enforcement was also provided to help communities in their fight against underage drinking (Georgia 1). ... The Albuquerque Police Department has come up with a recent cost effective plan to enforce underage drinking. ...

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Guns should be used strictly for law enforcement, and should not be available to the citizens. If gun control is enforced (guns banned), then criminals will not have guns, and non-criminals will not need to "protect" themselves. ... While only 20% of suicide attempts by teenagers by drug overdose are fatal, 90% of attempts with a gun are fatal." ...

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Drugs and Alcohol use affects juveniles themselves which leads to higher crime; this is the major cause of peer pressure. ... Drug use can cause the same effects, but also violence can occur as the juvenile needs to support their habit with money. ... The problem ahead now is getting the court to enforce the laws and use the centers available to help out these problem juveniles. ...

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I believe guns should be banned from the United States. In many cases, guns are not used to protection, but they for revenge and may take the lives of an innocent human beings. Many accidents leading to death involve guns. In order to avoid incidents of shooting in schools, we all need to take actio...

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The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, believes that mass executions of "27 or 30 or 35 people at a time" would be effective in the reduction of the importation of illegal drugs in to America (Taylor, 1995). ... Murphy wrote, "Like the emperor's new clothes, the flimsy notion that the death penalty is an effective law enforcement tool is being exposed as mere political puffery" (Murphy, 1995). ...

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Ten percent of all public schools had experienced one or more serious violent crimes (e.g. murder, rape, suicide, sexual battery, and physical attack of fighting with a weapon or robbery) reported to police or other law enforcement during 1997. ... One of the goals of the National Education Goals states that by the year 2000, "all schools in America will be free of drugs and violence and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol, and offer a disciplined environment that is conducive to learning." ...

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Drugs and alcohol are also a major contributor to school violence. ... Alcohol is the number one drug used by teenagers and young adults. ... In addition to school-wide codes, each teacher must enforce basic rules and regulations starting on the first day of school. ...

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Gang members involve themselves in " serious crimes, drug-related behavior, and fire arm use."" ... Because guns are easy to obtain, drug trafficking increase, violent media, no real family structures, and the number of gun-related cases involving adolescence has rose. ... In order to get control now before it is too late, tighter gun restrictions should be enforced in the United States. ...

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Macionis one third of homeless people abuse drugs and one fourth are mentally ill. ... People often feel threatened in areas where homeless people are because the homeless are often mentally disabled or on drugs. ... Society thinks, dont give them a dollar because they are just going to spend it on boose and drugs. ...

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Macionis one third of homeless people abuse drugs and one fourth are mentally ill. ... People often feel threatened in areas where homeless people are because the homeless are often mentally disabled or on drugs. ... Society thinks, dont give them a dollar because they are just going to spend it on boose and drugs. ...

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(The Drinking Age, pg. 1) It is the one drug that high school kids experiment with the most. ... States were encouraged to work with other agencies like the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) to combat the still-growing problem. ...

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Cigarettes kill more than 400,000 Americans every year, that's more than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined. ... The first major step that must be done is to enforce tougher laws on tobacco use and sales. ...

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Louis County, two unarmed black men (one who had drugs in his possession), were pulling into a parking lot of a Jack in the Box, when they realized they were surrounded by Police Officers and Detectives. ... Post-9/11, under the administration of Bush and Obama, federal, state and local law enforcement has engaged in racial/ethnic profiling, which the ACLU calls "a widespread and pervasive problem throughout the United States, impacting the lives of millions of people in African American, Asian, Latino, South Asian, and Arab communities....

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During the 1800s industry in America grew rapidly. But, various problems arose due to this change: business monopolies, dishonest politics, city slums, and poor working conditions in factories and mines. The inspirations for the rise of Progressivism stemmed from these problems. By the 1890s conc...

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