DRUG ABUSE People in this world value certain things. ... Marijuana has become such a dangerous drug because is a gateway to other addictive drugs. ... Drug abuse uses society's resources by requiring that hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars be spent on funding enforcement agencies, educational programs and treatment facilities (Plant). ... Drug abuse must be stopped. ... If fighting drug abuse were made a top priority, we could probably wage an effective war, through education and enforcement of laws, to stop drug abuse once and for all. ...

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"The fact that the levels of drug-related crime would significantly decline would result in less crowded courts, jails, and prisons, and would free law enforcement personnel to focus their energies on the real criminals in society" (Inciardi/McElrath, 287). ... If drugs were legalized, all drug-related crimes would end. ... If drugs were legalized, drug-related careers would not exist. ... Drug trafficking is the illegal sale and exportation of drugs. ... Drug trafficking will be stopped if drugs become legal. ...

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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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This is an act to create a bond between the community and their law enforcement. Each play an important role and enforcing this style of policing will only create a better atmosphere to live. ... Enforcing a curfew, removing many pay phones used for drug deals, and patrolling was how this was dealt with. ... Child abuse is another huge reason for drug abuse. ... To put an end to this, officers cracked down and used a higher level of enforcements to keep the drug use under control. ...

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Alcohol and drugs will be kept to a minimum and that will lessen violence and crime. Minors will have less access to the drugs and alcohol since they will not be out at all hours of the night. ... Last of all, parents will have more control over their children since curfew will be enforced. ... Police will be on the parents side enforcing the curfew law. ... Curfew is a priority in the future that needs to be enforced. ...

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Also, The Anti-Drug AbuseAct of 1988 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. ... The death penalty was enforced 45 times. ... In 1995 Hart Research Associated Poll asked law enforcement officers what they thought would help the deteration of crime. 31% said reduce drug abuse; 17% said better economy and jobs; 16% simplify court rules; 15% longer prison sentence; 10% more police officers; 3% reducing guns; and 1% expand death penalty. ... The only way to deter crime is to prevent it from happening, rather then enforce harsh punishment to "scare" off potential crimes. ... ...

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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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Also, The Anti-Drug abuse act of 1998 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. ... In addition, The Drug Kingpin act sates the use of death penalty for convicted major drug dealers caught with huge quantities of drugs, over 66Ibs of heroin and 330Ibs of cocaine. ... "The proposed drug death penalty is not only barbaric but also foolish: a temper tantrum masquerading as an act of government. It holds no promise for suppressing the drug trade, and may even be counterproductive" (Franklin E. ... The only way to deter crime is to prevent it from happening, rather then enforcing...

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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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Gangs in Jackson are responsible for drive-by shootings, murders, drug activity, and violence. He says that most of the gang members have migrated from Chicago and Detroit to capitalize on the drug market. ... A crack cocaine epidemic began in the mid-1980's and public concern of drugs and violence combined with youth gangs heightening. ... The role model may end being a criminal or drug addict. ... Since joining a gang gives direct access to the drug trade, with time it is easy to gain knowledge as to who the main dealers and suppliers are, and who the runners are, to deliver the drugs...

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There are more marijuana related arrests made per year than any other drug combined (Nadelmann). ... James Austin, President of the JFA Institute reported that "enforcing marijuana laws costs over 7.6 billion per year," not including court costs and correction policies (Austin). It costs federal and state government far too much to crack down on marijuana consumers, when funding should be enforced on areas of greater concern, such as education and healthcare. ... "By contrast, 32 percent of tobacco users and 15 percent of alcohol users are drug dependent," (Armentano). It seems as if the le...

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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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The government has the ability to enforce more laws so they can reduce the number of guns on the streets. ... They need to enforce very strict background checks on everyone who buys a gun. ... If they cracked down on guns, like they do with drugs, then there would be a drastic change. ... Some states are going out on a limb to enforce stricter laws instead of waiting on government to do something. ...

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In the 5th century B.C. the Roman law of the Twelve Tablets enforced the death penalty among its rule. ... Imagine if we still had and enforced these types of deaths today, and you think a firing squad is bad. ... Mosaic Law led the way in enforcing capital crime and what constitutes the death penalty. ...

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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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The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... An even more alarming fact is that assault weapons were the firearms most commonly traced for organized crime and drug trafficking offenses. Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... These instances where guns play a negative role can be drastically reduced if the United States tightens its grip on firearms by enforcing harsher gun laws and emphasizi...

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Which leads me to wondering can I actually do this job to the best of society's potential. [ By no means do I consider myself old but DNA, forensics, shift work and family, holidays, in some cases alcohol abuse, drugs, an escape from reality which every man and woman put themselves everyday.] ... The definition of police," body of civil officers charged with maintaining order and safety and enforcing the law, including preventing and detecting crime. ... [Merriam-Webster] Forms of policing have existed for several thousands of years, with religious, political, or military police enfor...

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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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In the Colonial days, their law enforcement would use strict punishment as a way of deterring others from also committing crimes. ... Some of these rehabilitation programs include counseling, job training, life skills training, anger management or even drug and alcohol programs. ... These neighborhood watch programs involves the members of that community working with the local law enforcement to prevent crime by lowering the criminal activity that is happening. ... In Atlanta, there is a high population rate so this increases the amount of people who are at risk from these risk factors that in...

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It has come to the attention of local as well as federal law enforcement that the MS13s are being sent trainers. Their gang is one that is controlled from El Salvador, and it has been decided by those in charge that the local organizations might need a little more training in drug trafficking, racketeering, extortion, etc. ...

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Definition six adds the political power of who can enforce the definition of crime on another's behavior. The power of th person to pin the label to criminal behavior and enforce it. The ruling classes setting up laws to enforce their political control on the lower classes. ... This report also has arrest, clearance, and law enforcement data. ... The data includes, type of crime, month, time and location of the crime, the relationship between the victim and the offender, Characteristics of the offender, self protective actions taken, type of property lost and the offender's use of we...

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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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Informed law enforcement officers in Canada, as in the United States, view the "impact of restricting the availability of firearms is more likely to impact on those violent incidents that would not have happened had a weapon been at hand"(152). ... As demonstrated in the film: Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. ... These cities largely consist of visible minorities who are frustrated with the hand dealt to them, and simply resort to "drugs...

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Law enforcement, first responders they are the heroes," Hall said (The Washington Post). ... His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ...

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