People all over the world present ideas about how to reduce drug use. Most believe that harsh punishment will lead to a reduction in drugs trafficked, as well as related criminal activity. Others believe that one should have a choice to possess drugs if he or she pleases. ... Drug related court cases have also dropped 66 percent". ... The new drug policy of portugal gives the rest of the world an idea of a new direction, as to dealing with drug abuse and drug related criminal activity. ...

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This is the amount spent annually in the U.S. on the war on drugs. Number of people arrested in 2011 in the U.S. on nonviolent drug charges: 1.53 million. ... Marijuana is undoubtedly the most popular illicit drug used in America. ... " Along with the profit of this illegal cash crop, there is an ongoing of drug lords and violence that coincides with the illegal trading of drugs. ... I believe that the best solution is that Marijuana should be regulated in much the same way as alcohol, and be sold only in certain types of shops such as it is now in medical dispensaries and require an age ...

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The decline of values among youth have led to an increase in crime and violence, sexual activity, and drug abuse. ... Kids carries guns around because they believe that it commands respect from their peers and that no one would try to mess with them. ... Teenagers commit crimes for reasons ranging from needing money for drugs to needing money to buy a new pair of shoes. ... The streets can be filled with drugs and pushers trying to sell their poison to others. ...

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Today children turn to drugs and crime for enjoyment. ... Some psychiatrists believe that the parents are to blame. ... The second most common offense is drug abuse. The most commonly used drug by juveniles is alcohol. ...

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Drug and Alcohol violations are not included in the same index but are reported. ... Many believe that crime in the cities was caused by the early flood of immigrants, and especially the ones with ethnic criminal history. ... However, some critiques believed that the sudden change of environment played a much larger role than ethnic composition. ... Researchers believe that it was not the ethnicity but the new environment that increased the rate of crime. ... To commit the major crimes of assault, larceny, burglary, and drug and alcohol abuse do not require much thought or reasoning. ...

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Thousands of people everyday make mistakes such as murder, theft, child endangerment, fraud, and drug abuse. ... Last of all, people who are addicted to drugs should be placed in a job where they can be useful. I suggest they become human guinea pigs in laboratories where makeup, new medical drugs, and scientific tests can be run on them. ... Numerous Simpson supporters also believed in his innocence despite the unimportant incriminating evidence. ...

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I believe that the three strikes law creates an excessive number of incarcerations. ... The second reason I believe our incarceration rates are so high, is due to our extremely firm stance on drug offenses. ... The politicians either feel that they should put a lot of money into the "war on drug" or that they should back drug policy reforms. ... Focusing on my second reason for our high incarceration rates, drugs, I believe that drug treatment programs could be helpful. ... I believe that juvenile diversion programs could be especially beneficial. ...

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The history behind what is known as racial profiling started back in the mid to early 1980's as a tool to fight drug trafficking. ... Bob Vogel began accumulating tremendous arrest statistics and earned the attention of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). ... Many believe that the racial profiling issue is an attempt by the criminal defense attorneys to get drug dealer clients back on the street. ... "African-Americans are 13% of drug users, 37% of arrests, 55% of the convicted and 77% of those sentenced for drug related crimes". ... The statistics overwhelmingly support tough l...

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How much crime is inflicted by drug and alcohol, and what can we do about it? ... People who are under the influence of drugs and have a mental illness tends to be more aggressive without taking the drugs. ... I believe that some aspects of the law should be changed, but drugs and alcohol are always going to have an impact on crime in society. ... Society I believe that if the law for crime changed,society would also. ... Conclusion I believe that what ever influences have over crime it can't really be minimised. ...

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Many believe that drug use should be legalized, but I completely disagree. ... More people would engage in drug use, resulting in more abusers, more of the public "high", and in the end more deaths would occur from the use of drugs. ... Even though drugs are still widely available and used, the "War on Drugs" has kept many Americans away from drug use. Many drug users commit crimes while under the influence of drugs, trying to get drugs, or to get money to buy drugs. ... Last semester I took drugs and crime with Dr. ...

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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. ... I believe that the death penalty isn't an effective way to deter crime. ... Zimmy) Time magazine, 1997 said 52% of Americans do not believe the death penalty deters people from committing crime. In a recent poll of police chiefs, 2/3 said they don't believe the death penalty deters crime but politician...

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Crimes such as gambling, drug possession, and certain public order offenses do no harm to others and yet are commonly enforced and prosecuted. ... In 2009 an estimated 26.4% of all peoples in some kind of correctional system are solely there for drug related offenses(drugwarfacts.org). Although it is obvious that the drug use and distribution are commonly linked more serious crimes such as larceny, assault and even 2homicide; the act of using and selling drugs is victimless because no harm is done to any other individual and the those participating are consenting to the partake in the act. ....

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Department of Justice believes that alcohol and drugs play a major role in the lives of teenagers in our day of age. ... Nearly half of juvenile offenders in long-term institutions admit being high on drugs or alcohol at the time of their offense: 56% of drug dealers, 51% of robbers, 43% of murderers and 34% of rapists. Beyond this, more than 80% of youth criminals have used illegal drugs, and the percentage of arrested or detained juveniles who tested positive for drugs increased by a third from 1997 to 1998. ... By keeping juvenile drug dealers in custody, it's result would be less drug...

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Some people believe that the law and the concept of crime is influenced by those who hold social power and use it to reflect their way of thinking. ... To lower the crime rate the government should redirect their resources on providing social programs such as after school tutoring, counseling for drug prevention. Resources should not be directed toward prosecuting the man who get caught with a small amount of drugs that he was going use for personal use and treating the drug kingpins lenient because they can afford the high powered attorney. Police departments should not waste valuable time on...

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Drugs are bad. All of our lives we've all seen the commercials, learned the slogans, saw the movies, and some witnessed personally the effects of drugs on a person. But, I am NOT talking about drugs per se, I'm talking about marijuana, across the country at this point in history, marijuana is quickly becoming a legalized drug. ... Jamelle Bouie of Theslate.com believes The war on weed was foolish and costly. ... (bourrie Individuals who have been convicted of misdemeanor charges for possessing the drug have a very difficult time securing housing, jobs and education. ...

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Such as poverty, drug abuse, and distractions within the home. ... Many poor inner-city youth begin delinquency with participation in the drug trade (Gale, 2). ... When I asked them what made them want to sell drugs, there answers ranged from supporting their family to quick easy money. ... Grant McClellan, believes that juvenile delinquency is always rooted in adult delinquency, because youth do not learn to recognize any real difference between good and evil. ... Some believe the school is the only one that can help them. ...

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Students are not just being suspended for illegal drugs but for any kind of drug including some kinds of candy. When school boards said schools had a drug problem it did not mean candy or over the counter drugs. ... It was supposed to make a drug free environment by getting rid of students that come to school to use and deal drugs. ... One of the reasons why the policy causes complications is its failure to define drugs. The Brown University Digest of Addiction theory & Application also believes that "The ineffectiveness of the zero tolerance approach to illegal drugs is tied to the fact ...

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Also you don't know where your money you give them is going, it may not be for their sick child but for drugs or alcohol. ... However, I believe they are wrong and they makes they streets look dirty, crowded and personally myself I find them quite scary. ... However, I believe they are wrong because if they were really serious and wanted to get a job to get money they would try to get help. ... Some would disagree with me, they would say that if they were to use the money for drugs or alcohol they would just do petty theft, or if into the hard core drugs maybe robberies or hold ups. Ho...

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Poverty, unemployment, and drugs are three elements that contribute to ex-convicts returning to prison. ... Because of their negative environment, most individuals believe the only way to escape or rise above poverty is through crime. ... Finally, drugs play a major role in the reason many individuals return to jail after being incarcerated. ... In some cases, there is not enough money to support a drug addiction. ... Poverty, unemployment, and drugs all play a role in the high rate of recidivism. ...

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How do you combat juvenile delinquency when psychologists believe "much of the delinquency grows out of the adolescents need to rebel against the restrictions of the adult world?" ... Whereas females tend to commit less serious crimes like shop lifting, teenage males are the lifelines for drug trafficking. By being the main consumers, they have an inside handle on the drug culture. ... Teenagers under the influence of drugs become more violent and rebellious in a world of adult restrictions. ... The temptation of making easy money through drug trafficking is too hard to resist. ...

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Kennedy has also developed techniques that have eliminated many drug markets across the country. ... From these communities' perspectives, they believe the cops are not helping to try and solve the crimes in their areas, or as he states in the interview "the cops want it or are behind it and that the cops are bringing in the drugs, and crack was created by the FBI hence why it's coming into the neighborhoods". ... A different form of the program Kennedy established was also placed into the field of shutting down open-air drug markets. In this approach, it takes the idea of...

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Castells said this business relied upon a system of supply and demand poorer countries supply to the strong western demands within, for example, the sex and drugs industries. ... An example of this would be in Los Angeles, which has seen a surge in the drugs trade due to de-industrialization. ... Glocalisation is also explicitly seen within the drugs trade, as Class A drugs on the streets of the UK are unlikely to have been produced here but rather in places such as South America. ... This can be observed in Winlows study of bouncers, men who legitimately worked as bouncers but participated i...

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Constant exposure to negative issues such as sex, drugs and violence can lead to undesirable behaviors. ... Songs make common graphic references to sex, drugs and violence, unlike the past where sensitive issues were cleverly veiled. ... It is more explicit with reference to drugs, violence and sex. ... And "sixty-six percent (66%) of 13-17 year olds believe that violence in music is partly responsible for violent crimes" [3] like the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. ... Its lyrics often involve references to street gangs, gunplay, sex, drugs and violence, which leads to the violent behav...

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In addition we should look at the fact that gang violence, racial discrimination and drugs are the main causes of the violence in the schools. ... I don't believe that any student wants to wake up in the morning and be terrified to go to school, no one wants to have that feeling. ... Racial discrimination against peers causes many acts of violence in the schools, this I believe is the worst form and act. ... Crime in and around the school such as the selling of drugs and weapons threatens and effects the well being of students, school staff, and communities. It is said that a school c...

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I believe that marijuana should be permanently decriminalized and not be considered a criminal offense whatsoever in Canada. ... First of all, marijuana should be legally recognized because it is an essentially harmless drug with barely any serious long-term effects to the mind or the body. ... Finally, the decriminalization of marijuana would allow Canadian police forces to focus their attention completely on issues of higher importance such as murder, theft, fraud, and the trafficking and/or consuming of more serious drugs such as crack/cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, or acid. ...

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