With the enactment of the Volstead Act in 1919, America embarked on a social experiment known as Prohibition. ... In some of America's largest cities, local governments had been heavily corrupted by the influence of organized crime. ... Some recent figures from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) cast doubt on that assertion. ... 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 make up 38...

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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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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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"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 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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