According to Drug Abuse and Recognition Training, in America today, 13 million people are using illegal drugs. The highest percentage group that use illicit drugs is between the ages of 18 and 21 (Drug Use, internet n/p). ... People enjoy taking illicit drugs because it makes them feel good; it gives them some sort of high. ... A depressed person does not want to be in the situation that he/she is in and takes some type of illicit drug to make him/her feel happier. ... To drug users, drugs can seem as a cover-up or an impermanent solution to their troubles (Quarter, internet n/p). ...

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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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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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