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    in sight. “[The war on drugs] has made a multibillion-dollar black market, enriched organized crime groups and promoted the corruption of government officials throughout the world.” (Schlosser) In his essay, “A People’s Democratic Platform”, which bestow a case for decriminalizing controlled substances. Government policies concerning drugs are more focused on illegalization instead of revitalization. Schlosser identifies a few of the disabling side effects of the present drug policy put in place by

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    Drugs are upon the most controversial topics in the world, they are known for many reasons for bringing evil among the communities. They affect lower class families who struggle to make living in the world. The drug trade industry has lead politicians to corruption, because it makes them have more power. Drugs have made a huge impact in today’s society, although people will argue and agree that drugs can make the world a better place if they were just to be legalized. If drugs were to be legalized

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    is chewed and consumed daily by indigenous men and women of Latin America. Ydang, a Colombian coca farmer, states that he “will sell to anyone who wants to buy”. At every level of drug trafficking, economic and political factors are effected. In Latin American countries, specifically Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, drug trafficking has been a problem for decades. Despite attempts to hide or deny it, during the twenty year period of 1950 through 1970, all three of these countries political actions and

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    The Increasing Use of Drugs Worldwide Drugs, they kill innocent people, pollute air and increase crime rate. If drugs had never existed the world would be a healthier place for everyone. The Drugs that are made illegally in the world are astounding; it goes for stupid money and the people that get addicted to it have to steal from their families to satisfy their addiction, it is the only way they think that they can get on in life. Drugs have become such a big part in our world; four million

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    ng in the United States Drug trafficking is the worldwide illegitimate trade, which involve the cultivating, producing, distributing and the selling of materials that are subject to the drug proscription laws. There are a number of drugs which are trafficked into the United States. These include, but are not limited to heroin, marijuana and cocaine. The system of drug trafficking in the United States as well as in other countries and continents remains very complex. Although the government and non-government

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    “ We realize that drug addiction is a sickness, but it is also a crime” according to Pam Bondi. As we all know drug abuse is a big problem that is not often discussed. The reason we do not discuss it because we tend to hide things that cause a mad image or problem in our society. But the issue is much bigger. The legalization of drugs would improve many things such as how the government would have control over its cost and sales, the decrease of crime rates and the way we treat the people in our

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    essay on the problem of drug use and trafficking and the multiple possibilities of solving this issue) It has come to my attention that a certain issue needs to be addressed and if this issue continues to grow then this town could see some serious changes and people could find themselves in serious dilemmas. The issue I am addressing is drug use and trafficking that has been known of for many years. Due to the fact that the least bit of attention has been brought upon drug trafficking it has begun

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    The name drug can be interpreted in good or bad sense of perception the same as a drug dealer. Nowadays, it is possible to imagen behand every crime there are a lot of drugs stimulations. There are a lot of drug kinds such as Cocaine, Cannabis, Marijuana, Ecstasy, Heroin, Hallucinogens, and Methamphetamine. So, In the United States of America, it is illegal to use or trade drugs. It is true, for everyone to be familiar the name El Chapo the Mexican drug dealer from the News coverage, who is a global

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    Drug trafficking, a multi-billion dollar global business, is of growing concern to almost all countries around the world. To be specific, it has been a concern to all governments, as part of their job is the protection of the citizens. With the interference of drugs, it is not helping because it leads to many diseases, crimes and the death of many people. Drug trafficking is mainly the global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject

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    war on drugs today is very similar to America©ˆs Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920©ˆs. These two major issues of their time may not seem like they can be logically compared, but statistics for usage and a correlating rise in crime for both eras show a strong relationship. There is also a tendency for an outright defiance of the laws and law makers of the United States government in both cases. Most people today think that the prohibition of the 1920©ˆs and the current war on drugs have

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