As a component of president Nixon's war on drugs - the IRS spent 12 million dollars targeting 1,011 suspected dealers. ... Of these 43 cases only 13 resulted in conviction - roughly 1.5% of the initial target (Brenner, "The Legalization of Drugs: Why Prolong the Inevitable?" ... It forces drug users into contact with real criminals and the underground market. ... Drug prohibition entices young individuals into the crime arena by creating an extremely lucrative black market. ... Decriminalization would result in the destruction of the black market for drugs. ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One reason is that new drugs keep coming on the market, and some turn out to be of help in giving athletes a competitive edge. ... Professional athletes are ideal targets for drug use. ... U.S. athletes obtain steroids from four main sources, doctors, friends, mail-order firms and the black market. ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The drug market diminishes the standard morals and ethics of a society with the beneficiaries being crime syndicates and drug dealers. ... The first American drug policy targeted pharmacists and physicians. ... The American drug policy will continue to target the supply while offering little funding for rehabilitation, apparently there is such a thing as a drug-free society....

• Word Count: 1432
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Today's politicians should consider our countries priorities and attach more importance to combating violent crime than targeting marijuana smokers. ... Once we did legalize marijuana that would only weaken the drug market. ... There is always going to be a black market that is ahead of the government....

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The illicit drug market, pre-drug war, is estimated to be a hundred billion dollar a year business. ... (DEA/CDC) The misallocation of resources is totally exhausting and paralyzing the entire legal system that could be better targeted on a more productive agenda. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Psychology is the scientific study of human and animal behavior. It is made of theories and tries to prove why we behave the way we do, our mental processes, our emotions, and our actions. In this writing assignment I will discuss why some people choose to behave so outrageous that we see it as abno...

• Word Count: 2123
• Approx Pages: 8