Matthew Brewer Dr. Hirschauer POLS 444-001 12 December 2014 Comparing the War on Drugs in Cape Verde and the United States Cape Verde, a small nation consisting of ten major islands, is the Atlantic Ocean about three hundred miles off the coast of Western Africa. It is consistently listed as a model country in an impoverished area of the world, and I had the privilege of being deployed to the islands for a month this summer. The purpose of this deployment was to enhance security cooperation between
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DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES NDS policy has been supported by government in power since it was established in 1985 (NDS, 2015). In the year between 1998 and 2001 when Michael Moore was the Minister for health, he advocated for the use of prescribed heroin to be used as heroin dependence treatment (Jiggens, 2008). Mr Moore was greatly opposed by the media and the Howard government whose main focus was on the use of Law enforcement to tackle heroin problem (Jiggens, 2008). Mr Moore argument
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Prison reform, the endeavor of enhancing the conditions within detainment facilities likewise to set up a more helpful punitive framework or actualize helper to detainment; helps the detainees to get ready better for their second life after their time serving in jail. At the NAACP's 106th national tradition, on July 15, 2015; Mr. President Obama recorded a bundle of reasons that the United States ought to change the criminal equity framework. What's more, a few reasons that the legislature will look
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Chapter 15 mentions “how throughout the years drugs scares have changed. First, it was alcohol then it was opiates and cocaine. Other drug scares throughout history was marijuana and most recently the drug scare has been crack” (Chapter 15, pg. 160-163). Chapter 15 also mentions “how laws on drugs constantly change and how since 1896 politicians have been trying to get tough on drugs and how billions were sent to law enforcement to tackle the problem by making laws saying drugs are illegal, longer
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George Bierson’s "Marijuana, the Deceptive Drug", was written and put in the Massachusetts News in 2000. Bierson stated that marijuana is bad for the body in many ways, including damage to the brain, reproductive system, and immune system. He also states that marijuana is a "gateway drug", which means that it leads people to want to take other drugs. The fault in Bierson’s arguments is that he is basing things on what most people assume and not hard facts. I have found that several of his points
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2- Drugs Angel, the woman from the first video, was an avid marijuana user who claimed to benefit from it medicinally. She was confined to a wheelchair due to chronic pain and when prescription medications failed to produce results, she turned to marijuana. Cannabis alleviated the pain, allowing her to walk again. She gained access to marijuana through a local medical marijuana club in Oakland, California. Although medicinal marijuana was made legal in that region of the country, it was still illegal
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Legalization of Marijuana Name: Institutional Affiliation: Marijuana is one of the many names that are used to refer to Cannabis in different parts of the world. The drug is well known in cultures all around the globe and any topic that is tied to it generates intense reactions that are aligned in different directions. The conversation on the legal status of the use of Marijuana is always heated, with supporters and opponents all convinced that they are right (Hudak & Wallack, 2016). However
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Drug Video Summary Overall this video was pretty interesting and informing. The film starts by telling us how we can make money selling drugs and briefly goes into each of the stages of drug sales. It attempts to be humorous by giving us simple directions on how to climb the drug ladder and be a successful drug lord. It also informs us on how some of the police work is done and some judicial processes that take place for an ordinary drug bust, again informing the audience on how to avoid getting
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already around, while legalizing marijuana and educating the teens about drugs may guide them to make better choices as they grow older. Not only does the war on drugs take money out of the hard-working hands of Americans, but it also forces drug users to look for alternative ways to get high. Because of unfair laws on drugs such as marijuana, users move toward the legal “spices” that cause more death than marijuana itself. There are a few states that have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, although
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which originated in the opium control policies in the Dutch colonies, helped to drive the control of the use of narcotics (Fish, 2006). Many religious-minded people who believe behavior plays a key role in maintaining social order also instigated prohibition of alcohol. Nonetheless, these people have neglected the economic impact that these inhibitions may do to our society and that the government’s involvement may actually create and perpetuate a larger concern of all of society than the mere misbehavior
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