(Drug Enforcement Agency) to put an end to the drug war. ... The dealers are larger now than ever before and law enforcement is no closer to ending it than when they first started. ... The drug dealers would see a huge downfall of money if their most popular drug became legal. ... There will always be some sort of drug war going on, but it will be substantially easier for the different law enforcement agencies to control. ... The drug enforcement agency relies heavily on tips from other people. ...

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Nixon felt that drugs are bad, so bad people do drugs. ... Instead, it is supporting two drug enforcement and drug trafficking. America's enforcement-oriented strategy has resulted in millions of arrests and hundreds of thousands of prisoners who are Black or Hispanic. ... The policy has failed to reduce drug-related deaths, drug abuse, drug availability, and crime. laws against drugs not being an effective solution. ... Regardless, law enforcement tactics are concentrated in the poor minority neighborhoods. 2. ...

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Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. ... During the 1980s, it appeared that Central America was awash in drugs, and drug money. The violence continues today, through drug related gang violence, to botched drug raids. Drug dealers often carry weapons, some illegal, to defend themselves and their drugs. ... Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ...

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The link between drug use and crime is not a new one and numerous studies show that drugs use directly relates to crime in multiple ways. ... The data for 1997 reveal, " that respondents arrested in the past year for possession or sale of drugs and driving under the influence had the highest percentage of illicit drug use [during] the past year" and that " illicit drug users were also about 16 times more likely than non [drug] users to report being arrested and booked for larceny or theft" and "..... A study conducted for the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, for exam...

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Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. ... During the 1980s, it appeared that Central America was awash in drugs, and drug money. The violence continues today, through drug related gang violence, to botched drug raids. Drug dealers often carry weapons, some illegal, to defend themselves and their drugs. ... Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ...

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History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. ... Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Drug Enforcement Administration) began a campaign to portray marijuana as a powerful, addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. ... The act dealt with prevention and treatment of drug abuse as well as control of drug traffic. ... Prescription drugs are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration. ... See also drug addiction and drug abuse . ...

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In time, other components were added such as enforcement, treatment, education, and pre-venting for the would-be user. ... New avenues for supply and demand reduction were added such as Coast Guard, Customs, and Drug Enforcement Administration operatives charged with intercepting drug shipments into the United States from foreign ports. ... Zero tolerance meant: (1) that if there were no drug abusers there would be no drug problem, (2) that the market for drugs is created not only by availability, but by demand, (3) that drug abuse starts as a willful act, (4) that the perception that drug u...

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Legalization would result in purity assurance, labeled concentration of the product, obliteration of pushers, obliteration of drug crime, savings in expensive enforcement, and significant tax revenues. ... In sum, the drug market is already saturated with a combination of legal and illegal drugs. ... The Netherlands provides another great example, as they have chosen not to enforce their anti-drug laws, exhibiting tolerance in hopes that the people will learn for themselves. ... This led to a great push for non-enforcement of existing anti-drug laws. ... While legalizing drugs is not a stateme...

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Legalization would result in purity assurance, labeled concentration of the product, obliteration of pushers, obliteration of drug crime, savings in expensive enforcement, and significant tax revenues. ... In sum, the drug market is already saturated with a combination of legal and illegal drugs. ... The Netherlands provides another great example, as they have chosen not to enforce their anti-drug laws, exhibiting tolerance in hopes that the people will learn for themselves. ... This led to a great push for non-enforcement of existing anti-drug laws. ... While legalizing drugs is not a stateme...

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The Drug Enforcement Agency reports that Vicodin is the most abused prescription drug in the United States. ... The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration believes Vicodin may be the most abused prescription drug in the country (DEA, 2007). ... The purposes of these drugs are to regulate the neuro chemical agents in the brain. ... These people are not "drug addicts" in the stereotypical sense, but people with real medical conditions who find themselves in the same situation as drug addicts. ... They no longer have the urge or the need to resort to buying from drug dealers. ...

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Southern governors and law enforcement officials argued that these tactics were criminal and that the Civil Rights movement was a breakdown of law and order. ... The Justice Department shifted its attention to street crime, especially drug-law enforcement. In October 1982, Reagan announced the War on Drugs. ... According to The New Jim Crow, Portugal responded to drug addiction and abuse by decriminalizing the possession of all drugs and redirecting the money that would have gone to putting drug-users in cages into drug treatment and prevention. In ten years, rates of drug abuse, addiction and...

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Despite the common knowledge that drug and alcohol use during pregnancy is harmful to an unborn child, many pregnant woman choose to use drugs and alcohol throughout the duration of their pregnancy. ... Prenatal drug and alcohol exposure can affect a child for the rest of his or her life. ... A newborn baby can go through grueling and painful drug withdrawal for drugs he or she never chose to use. ... Coles, presentation for the 2010 Drug, DUI, and Mental Health Court Conference in Atlanta Georgia, she discusses the many issues associated with prenatal drug and alcohol exposure. ... It is pos...

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Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. ... Drugs are used daily by all different age groups. ... Marijuana is also a very harmful drug. ... Heroin is also a common drug used in America. ... Drug abusers find the sense of pleasure is quite easy to obtain through drug usage. ...

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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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Heroin and Opiates were made illegal in 1920 with the Dangerous Drugs Act. ... Twenty years later, in 1898, when the Bayer Company of Elberfeld, Germany began mass producing the drug as a broad-spectrum painkiller, it coined the trade name "heroin" for this new drug. ... In 1923, the Narcotics Division of the Treasury Department began active enforcement of the law, a responsibility that was transferred in 1930 to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), the ancestor of the modern Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). ... Recently, drug smugglers have been forced to be more creative because traf...

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DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is a program designed to discourage drug use and violence among school age children. ... DARE specifically allows stakeholders organizations to demonstrate their commitment to law enforcement, children, and the War on Drugs. ... His son was addicted to drugs and in frequent trouble with the law (Lundman 2001). ... DARE curriculum was also anchored in the belief that children can be taught about drugs and given concrete skills on how to resist pressure from peers to use drugs. ... During these weekly classes, DARE officers taught the followin...

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INTRODUCTION Marijuana - often called pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane, or mj - is the Nation's most commonly used illicit drug. ... The amount of THC (which is also the psychoactive ingredient in hashish) determines the potency and, therefore, the effects of marijuana.1 In 2000, state and local law enforcement arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations. ... Marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of middle class Americans. ... Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug of choice for Americans, exceeded only by alcohol and tobacco in popula...

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There are a variety of reasons for someone to experiment with drugs. ... This paper refers to addicts and encompasses many types of mind and body altering drugs in our society today drug addiction is an issue that has affected our society in astronomical levels. ... Drug addiction is not a respecter of person, socioeconomic status or family of origin. ... Drug use is not a new epidemic that is plaguing our society today. "60% of Americans sample an illicit drug at least once in their lifetime, and after excluding marijuana the lifetime prevalence of illicit drug use is about 32%" (Ro...

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