Drug control law

As U.S. Drug Policy has become more politicized, the number of laws for using, and possessing illegal substances has increased, and the number of those using illicit drugs has risen.  Though drug policies were created with the intent of protecting the public, a gap has developed between different groups - the “drug warriors” and the “legalizers”.  These polarizing groups advocate opposing, often politically-driven views that result in overly punitive drug penalties that are expensive, racially disparate

the most controversial drugs in the world due to its psychotic numerous effects on people and its illicit commercialization. Thus, many countries have reinforced their laws regarding the use and illegal trafficking of marijuana. However, few nations are conforming to pass new laws supporting the marijuana legalization movement. One of these countries is Uruguay, who fully legalized the use of cannabis and converted it into a regulated market across the nation. Hence this law, Uruguay has been through

believe that their government and criminal justice system is fair and equal in every way. Even when one learns about the government at a young age in public school, they are told from a whitewashed Eurocentric male point of view that those who make the laws and run the government (who are white men), do it for the greater good of the American people, that they honor fairness/equality, and fought for the freedom of all Americans. However, when one actually researches deeper to look at the entirety of the

Research on Marijuana Everyone believes Marijuana is a gateway drug. However, some people think it is not because they believe they will not use anything else. If we do not fide some form of way to get rid of this drug or if we make it legal our future generations will suffer. As of now our brains get affected. A solution would be to find away to get rid of this drug and not to make it legal. Marijuana has been around for centuries now and it still grows in use. People say it is good

Drug Decriminalization in America There are many major factors at one point time in society, the most controversial is drug decriminalization. When the topic of drug or drug related discussion arises, many individuals would choose to ignore the topic entirely. Why not approach the topic head on? Attack the issue at its roots and refuse to give up until proven wrong. Drug decriminalization is a topic that needs to be brought to the front of discussion with politics and legislation. State and federal

that was created by Marcus Felson. The routine theory is supported by the social control theory because of its principles. Principles that state crimes are considered normal activity when an opportunity arises. If the victim is available with no protection, then that situation will lead to criminal activity if the victim has value. The main principle is that opportunity is the causation of crime, and the social control theory main principle is to cancel all opportunities by pre-occupying the potential

For people who are doing drugs in their own home may not consider themselves in at risk but they just my not know the signs that they are abusing a certain drug. There are also some people who feel that they should not have as long of the sentence that they have to do for the nonviolent crime they have. Overall, the three branches of government are doing everything they can to lower the chances of people abusing drugs as well as help the people that have already been convicted of these nonviolent

recent years, laws concerning marijuana has seen some dramatic and controversial changes. A British journalist named Johann Hari decided he try to get to the roots of the drug war to find answers to help those affected by the drug war which he loved. He wrote the book ‘Chasing the Scream The first and Last Days of The War on Drugs’, which condensed all the results of his research. This book has received much praise since its publishing and makes many valid points concerning the drug war. Another book

America’s illicit drug problem is very similar to the alcohol probation problems of the 1930’s and the only way to win this war and end all the violence was to take the radical approach of legalization, the same holds true for winning the War on Drugs today. Former Federal Judge and advocate for legalization Judge Sweet (2009) stated in his article “The elimination of much of the criminal prohibition on illicit drugs replaced by strict regulation of the drug sales similar to those of alcohol is

obvious. The reason for the existence of this protection is to safeguard products from being copied without compensation for the author or inventor. Since the adoption of intellectual property law in the realm of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, the process of innovation of treatments and creation of drugs have been galvanised (ibid.). However, if on the one hand it brings