People all over the world present ideas about how to reduce drug use. ... K.C.B.A "King Country Bar Association" claims that, after portugal decriminalized the use of certain illicit drugs. ... Drug related court cases have also dropped 66 percent". ... Time Magazine says, "Although there were small increase in illicit drug use among adults, there were significant decreases in abuse for adolescents, and problematic users like drug addicts and prisoners.... The new drug policy of portugal gives the rest of the world an idea of a new direction, as to dealing with drug abuse a...

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Drugs: Should Be Legalized Our societies are decaying due to an incessant war against drugs. ... It would be way to control use and abuse of drugs. ... On their web page the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states, "the costs of crime attributed to illicit drug abuse were estimated at 59.1 billion. ... More of these visits were due to drug overdoses". ... The same thing should happen with drugs. ...

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The use of illicit drugs should remain illegal due to their intoxicating effects on the brain, their potential for abuse, and the harm they cause not only on the user but on society as a whole. ... The U.S. has very strict laws on the use and distribution of illicit drugs. ... By legalizing illicit drugs it would only increase the amount of crimes committed. ... Considering that illicit drugs are illegal, it is odd that they are so commonly used. ... When it comes to legalizing illicit drugs there can be no medium. ...

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James Rosenau's most important casual factor on the subject of organized crime and the war on drugs is that of the nature of the international system. ... The dark side of globalization allows multinational criminals to broaden their range of operations from drug and arms trafficking to money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Organized criminals accrue huge sums of money through drug trafficking, arms smuggling, financial crime and other illegal proceeds. ... Migrants are often confined or forced into exploitive or oppressive forms of employment, often in the sex trade o...

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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. ... The drug itself does not make people violent or cause them to go out of control. ...

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.), "Conditions such as maltreatment or neglect by family members and others, a community with a large population of delinquent juveniles and gangs, ready access to drugs and guns, and an unsafe school increase the chance that a youth will make unhealthy or unlawful choices" (Risk Factors for Delinquency). ... With little or no parental oversight, juveniles are vulnerable and easily gripped by gang membership and the glamorized drug lifestyle, popularized by recent pop culture. ... In contrast, children with adult supervision are less likely to skip school, behave violently, experiment with...

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The decade immediately following The Great War, coined "The Roaring Twenties" for its period of vivacity and decadence, marked one of this country's most indulging times in its young history. Despite all the superficial glory, organized crime was detrimental to the purity of America; a catalyst for ...

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