Crack in America Zimmer and Morgan. ... America's enforcement-oriented strategy has resulted in millions of arrests and hundreds of thousands of prisoners who are Black or Hispanic. ... If the war on drugs were to end, all the American people would benefit, but mostly the poor and the minorities due the prejudice and stereotypes that our government has associated with them since 1969. ... Every American suffers from the war on drugs. ... Our culture's attitude toward materialism, money, and power as a representation for success, drives us to turn to drugs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The American government is infringing on the American people's right to freedom by blocking their right in choosing to use a natural-growing herb like marijuana. ... If Americans have the right to choose to consume dangerous and mind altering drugs like tobacco and alcohol responsibly or not based on laws passed by the American government, then the American people should have the right to smoke marijuana, if they want to or not. ... At least 72% of Americans feel as if the government's effort to enforce the war on drugs is not worth the cost to the American tax payer (Gieringer, 1994...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The American government is infringing on the American people's right to freedom by blocking their right in choosing to use a natural-growing herb like marijuana. ... If Americans have the right to choose to consume dangerous and mind altering drugs like tobacco and alcohol responsibly or not based on laws passed by the American government, then the American people should have the right to smoke marijuana, if they want to or not. ... At least 72% of Americans feel as if the government's effort to enforce the war on drugs is not worth the cost to the American tax payer (Gieringer, 1994...

• Word Count: 2966
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate