In 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs and increased the presence of federal drug agencies. ... The war on drugs was not effective because the drug laws have been poorly correlated and prisons are getting more money than colleges. ... The U.S. drug laws have not been able to reduce drug use. Just as prohibition with alcohol, banning it didn't stop people from drinking, people just stopped obeying the law. People are criminalizing drugs because they think the drugs are harming communities, but people end up inflicting more pain than drugs themselves. ...

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Also, The Anti-Drug AbuseAct of 1988 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. ... "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. ... It is a lot easier to kill someone by putting one bullet in his head than beating him, stabbing or strangling (there are chances they can live) if we decrease the availability of handguns by increasing the price or banning the sale, then there will be less murders. ...

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Nevertheless, what happens when a player is dropped from the team for rape, drug convictions, or something as simple as a traffic violation? ... Now, a child who wants to be just like Joe Smuck thinks it is "cool" to do drugs, drink, and party, all because they did it and got away with it. ... Steroids are banned because they are a health risk, not only to the person taking them but to other athletes as well. ... This means that athletes will be using the drugs without having any repercussions. ... As a society, we need to stop making excuses for drug use, and drunk driving, and ...

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The root cause of prison overcrowding is the War on Drugs. ... Harsh sentencing for minor drug offenses, warrantless searches, and zero tolerance policies are just a few initiatives of the War on Drugs. ... Even America's perception of drugs before the Drug War was insignificant. ... According to Bob Egelko, reporter since 1970, the court ruled in 2009 that prison overflow is the main cause of shoddy health care that violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment (Egelko, 2.) ... And this approach ensured the success of the Drug War. ...

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Many had grown up in backgrounds where serious violence, drug and alcohol abuse are common experience. ... The treatment that these criminals really need is getting educated, having a job, a stable home and family that help them connect to the society instead of severe punishment and treatment from prisons that ban and isolate them from the rest of the world. ... Some people believe that the prison system should "get tougher" (Rideau) and just put everyone arrested for drug offenses in treatment. ... They may experience a religious conversion, conquer a drug habit or undergo a revolu...

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In 1996 a California drug addict was sentenced to two 25 year terms for stealing $159 worth of video tapes after he had two previous felony convictions on his record. The mans attorney said that the states attempt to crack down on multiple offenders has gone too far.# " The three strikes law was so disproportionate to his crime that it violated the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment... However, the law seems to be violating the ban on cruel and unusual punishment that is set in the Constitution. ...

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There has been much debate over the topic, as it has quickly become implemented for the sentencing of drug offenders, drug-related crimes and banned firearm offenses. ... We need to utilize the resources that we have such as counseling, rehabilitation, drug rehab centers, and other treatment options to help rehabilitate these offenders rather than punish to decrease reoffending. ... There was a study conducted by Scott Bernstein in May, 2013 that states that several recent changes to the Safe Streets and Community Act (Bill C-10) "including mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug off...

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In order for one to receive the death penalty, their crime has to be equal to their punishment or it goes against the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment (LII). ... In a recent article against the death penalty, it was said that the current drug being used for lethal injections, pentobarbital, also known as Nembutal, has increased in price to $1,286.86 (Pros and Cons). These drugs are so expensive that one state spent $18,000 on drugs to be used for an execution that did not end up happening (Pros and Cons). In cases like these, people feel as though the state wasted mo...

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The set time period is given to the offender and during this time they have to abide by certain rules such as; unpaid work, curfews, exclusions, drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment (http://www.inbrief.co.uk). ...

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Plata argued that California's overcrowded prisons are so terrible they violate the Eight Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment therefore the state was ordered to reduce its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates (p.7). ... I realize mandatory life without parole for a non-violent drug offense is excessive and cruel. ...

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According to Samaha, the exclusionary rule doesn't ban all illegally obtained evidence (2015). ... If due process rule of law is not adhered to when it comes to collecting evidence, murderers, thieves, and drug dealers can walk free. ...

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Shackling pregnant inmates goes against the eight amendment and should be banned from prison institutions. ... More than half of the population of incarcerated females are from drug use. ... Pregnant inmates may be incarcerated due to drugs which can cause an effect to the baby as well as the outcome of the inmate. ...

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Inmates do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prison cells and are not protected from "shakedowns," or searches of their cells to look for weapons, drugs, or other contraband. ... A mentally ill inmate is not entitled to a full-blown hearing before the government may force him or her to take anti-psychotic drugs against his or her will. ...

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If a member of the execution team injects the drugs into the muscle instead of a vein, or if the needle becomes clogged, extreme pain can result. Many prisoners have damaged veins resulting from intravenous drug use and it is sometimes difficult to find a usable vein, resulting in long delays while the inmate is strapped to the gurney (Description of Execution Methods "). ...

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The State of Georgia in which the decision "invalidated all existing death sentence statues as violative of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment and thus depopulated state death rows of 629 occupants" (Berger 352). ...

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Inmates do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prison cells and are not protected from "shakedowns," or searches of their cells to look for weapons, drugs, or other contraband. ... A mentally ill inmate is not entitled to a full-blown hearing before the government may force him or her to take anti-psychotic drugs against his or her will. ...

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Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use of capital punishment for serious offenses such as murder. ...

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