With the enactment of the Volstead Act in 1919, America embarked on a social experiment known as Prohibition. ... Within a decade, however, Americans discovered that the criminally enforced prohibition of alcohol produced harmful side effects. ... In some of America's largest cities, local governments had been heavily corrupted by the influence of organized crime. ... They represent almost 12% of the total federal prison population and about 2.7% of the state prison population. ... Although African Americans comprise only 12.2 percent of the population and 13 percent of drug users, they m...

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Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. ... These efforts by the government were followed by the education of America about the dangers of drugs. This education was especially aimed at the children of America. ... Inner city populations, for whatever reason, are predominately made up by minorities. ... This was a startling figure for most Americans. ...

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In the 1980s, many new American drug laws resulted from escalating efforts to "get tougher" on drugs and drug users. ... The vast majority of these offenders are in state and local jails and prisons, where they now account for almost one-fourth of the total population behind bars. ... In the 1998 report Behind Bars: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population (SAAPP) the author's assert, [d]rug and alcohol abuse and addiction are implicated in the crimes and incarceration of 80 percent--some 1.4 million--of the 1.7 million men and women behind bars in America. ... If this rat...

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Crack in America Zimmer and Morgan. ... America's enforcement-oriented strategy has resulted in millions of arrests and hundreds of thousands of prisoners who are Black or Hispanic. ... Every American suffers from the war on drugs. ... Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of damage to the brain. ... Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system. ...

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Although an illegal substance marijuana is used for making money in America and other parts has been successful and existent for years. ... Although it is a low form of drug it still yields a fairly good profit because it is very popular amongst the American population. From 1994 to 1995 the consumption of weed among Americans from the age of 12 jumped from 6 percent of the population to 8.2 percent of the population in 1995. That is a significant portion of the United States Population. ...

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"COCAINE AND CRACK What is Cocaine/crack? Cocaine is the most powerful central nerve system stimulant in nature. Cocaine is white powder made from the coca plant in the Andean mountains in South Africa. Thousands of years ago cocaine was used for religious ceremonies. As time went by people who lived in the Andean mountains either made tea from them or chewed on the coca leaves. ...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. ... The DEA thinks they made an impact, but amazingly the cocaine availability on American streets remained the same. ... The Colombians, who want no Colombians in American Jails, oppose this. ... During the 1980s, it appeared that Central America was awash in drugs, and drug money. ... Over 72 million Americans have used marijuana, yet for every 120 people who have ever tried marijuana, there is only one active, regular user of cocaine. ...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. ... The DEA thinks they made an impact, but amazingly the cocaine availability on American streets remained the same. ... The Colombians, who want no Colombians in American Jails, oppose this. ... During the 1980s, it appeared that Central America was awash in drugs, and drug money. ... Over 72 million Americans have used marijuana, yet for every 120 people who have ever tried marijuana, there is only one active, regular user of cocaine. ...

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Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. ... However, to see freedom, a civil war, in which many African-Americans died, had to be fought. ... Any researcher of American history must acknowledge that racism is a highly adaptive system. ... In the next five years, the percentage of African-Americans registered to vote soared. ... However, at the time less than 2 percent of the American public viewed drugs as the most important issue facing the nation. ...

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In the early twentieth century there was a war Americans won and a Depression Americans beat, all of which catered the impression that government was an effectual force that could solve all and fix all. ... Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? Well it means more and more Americans are becoming disenfranchised with the government. ... Furthermore, there are nearly 30% of Americans that are registered as ne...

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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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According to SAMHSA's (2002) National Survey on Drug Use & Health, "An estimated 22.0 million Americans aged 12 or older in 2002 were classified with substance dependence or abuse (9.4 percent of the total population)." Many Americans clearly face serious substance abuse issues and would benefit tremendously from treatment. ...

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Historically, substance abuse has been portrayed to mirror the lower class. It has been regarded as a disease that plagues only a specific group of people. Currently that is no longer the case as high profile celebrities and white collar; well respected upper class people have brought their addiction stories to the forefront. The difference with high profile celebrities and white collar addiction in comparison to those with much less stature is the ability to conceal their problem with adequate funds to supply their habits. They are not forced to commit crimes in order to finance their hab...

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