...The Drug War: Will It Ever Stop? INTRODUCTION The United States and Mexico share a border that stretches 2,000 miles. The border is a product of the clash of the British and Spanish Empires. It is a place of lawlessness and violence. Drug cartels have used the border to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States for years. The United States market for drugs is a multibillion dollar a year industry. 90% of the illegal drugs that are smuggled into America come through our southern borders. As a nation we consume over 50% of the worlds illegal drugs, which exemplify the problem that America has with drug consumption. The demand for illegal drugs in the US allows drug cartels in Mexico to make billions of dollars by smuggling Marijuana, and Methamphetamines through the US/Mexican Border. Efforts to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the US have been unsuccessful. Drug Cartels use various methods in the transportation of their merchandise. Such methods include using underground tunnels, semi trucks, automobiles, and humans to transport these illegal drugs. Only 3 to 8 percent of the drugs that are smuggled from Latin America into the United States is confiscated, which is a very discouraging number. Our border patrol and DEA need to do a better job securing our borders and preventing the flow of such harmful drugs into America. There are a reported 7 cartels that operate in Mexico; the biggest players in the drug trade between Mexico and the US are the Tijuana, Juarez, Sinaloa...
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...Immigrants Need Support The dangers that are seen on the border have increased drastically year by year. The U.S. Border Patrol has impacting gangs, cartels and immigrants on the Mexican border. The U.S. Border Patrol faces danger when they go up against the drug cartels at the border because the people the drug cartels send across the border sometimes carry firearms, making it difficult for the border to determine if they should open fire on the person. There are many places along the U.S. border where these groups are put at high risk for safety. There is no guaranteed safety for either side, therefore based off the decision, to cross or not to cross, the consequences of what happen depends on the individual. There are people, coyotes, who know of certain parts of the border where they can help immigrants cross but they do not guarantee that they will make it across safely. Immigrant families Immigration from the Southern Mexico to the United States occurs on a freight train, “La Bestia” which takes passengers directly to the United States border, starting in Chiapas and crossing all of Mexico until the border (Watson and Jerrreat). These passengers ride on top of the train or in the freights, putting their life at risk to the point of death. One important aspect of this train is that drug cartels are in charge of the fees mounting the train. They charge what is equivalent to 100 dollars (Watson and Jerreat). Once that is paid in some form or another, they still pose many...
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...disaster relief, with the fundamental purpose of- protecting this nation, its Critical Infrastructure Key Resources (CIKR), for instance - borders, waterways, airways, along with its citizens from terrorist threats, attacks, and natural disasters. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were not the only attacks on this country, although to this point, have proven to...
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...Page 1 DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES ENG12; ENGILSH COMPOSTION II RASHAAN FORD August 27, 2012 TINA MILLER Page 2 ABSTRACT This research paper is designed to bring awareness to threat drug trafficking posses on the United States. The backlash of drug trafficking is critical, and has caused a crisis throughout the nation. The drugs that are getting through the borders of U.S are creating an epidemic. The people of the U.S are abusing these drugs and destroying lives and families. Page 3 Introduction Drug trafficking remains an issue due to the corruption in our legal system. The corruption in our legal system poses a threat to our economy, and our communities, which in return affects the lives of the people, especially in the African American youths in urban communities. The writer limits their topics to the four issues in my claim. The four topics are border patrol, corruption in the legal system, dug trafficking in African American youths, and how drugs are affecting lives. By limiting the topics the reader will get the points that are trying to be made in this paper. This research paper it will present the reasons behind the current problems dealing with drug trafficking in the United States. This paper includes the claims involving drug trafficking and the justification by giving the importance of the claim. The reader will see the methods that were used to gather information used in research findings. Page 4 SCOPE/TOPIC ...
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...Drug smuggling across the border is a pretty serious issue. According to the article “Two plead guilty in border drug smuggling by drone” it states that there are many different ways that drug cartels are trying to smuggle drugs into California the most recent way was by drone. This was also the first seizer that law enforcement for the United States caught with this new way to smuggle through the sky. Homeland Security Investigations stated that they heard about how the drugs would be transported by drones, and have been preparing for it a year or so before it happened. They also believe that the drones are just a type of test run to see if it would actually work. Although the drones aren’t able to carry very much drugs with them because...
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...Highlander Anthony Andre Gibson G00018162 Business Negotiations Grantham University Abstract America is and will always be the greatest place on this earth to live and raise a family. One of the so called rights’ of passage to anyone living in modern times is to keep up with the current trends that may be going on. One of the main trends in America today is way to get back and forth from one place to another. No matter how people choose to travel. Owning their own car is one of the main trends we see no matter where we go. Although the reasons for getting a car may vary from person to person. No matter what their reasons may be they still have to show up at a local dealer and negotiate in some form or fashion. The purpose of this essay is to give my opinion on a negotiation strategy utilized by a character named Michelle. In this brief essay I will talk about the behavior I assume would be coming from a local car salesman. Finally I will summarize by giving the characteristics of the opening offer, reservation price, tactics, tradeoffs and discussions of a Plan B if the original plan becomes untenable. Distributive Bargaining With so many people getting jobs today and needing a way to get back and forth to get to work a way to pick their family and friends up or to just get from here to there. At some point in time they all have to go to a local care salesman and start the negotiation process to get the car they either wanted or the car they needed. Once they...
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...Describe in detail the “Zero Drug Tolerance Policy” and explain its impact on drug use prevention. Drugs are substances that can be good or bad for an individual depending on how they are used. In today’s society there are many drugs that we as citizens abuse prescription or non prescription. Drugs can harm the body if they are abused in any way. So, the government decided to put the “Zero Drug Tolerance Policy” in effect. Zero means absolutely NO DRUGS AT ALL. Drugs are not supposed to be tolerated if they are illegal. People who break this law are punished with fines and even prison sentences. Also, people who misuse prescription drugs are punished, but illegal drugs are more prone to this policy. Have you just really thought about what the phrase Zero Tolerance means? Well, this is a term that refers to government and private employer policies that require specific punishments for certain offenses. Today, many schools have the zero tolerance policy for certain things such as weapons, firearms, alcohol, tobacco, and especially drugs. All of these items are things that can harm a person. One may seem more severe than the other, but they are all in the same category when dealing with zero tolerance. Zero tolerance is a policy where the rules must not be broken at all. Even if the rules are broken by accident, ignorance, or other circumstances, a person has to be punished regardless of what the situation maybe. All schools have a Zero Drug Tolerance Policy for students, faculty...
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...Mexican people have done good and bad but the borders should be closed because the Mexicans have been drug dealers,killers,steal Americans jobs,and some carry diseases. The Mexican people have had bad reputations for crossing the border with illegal drugs,weapons and even children that are being sold as sex slaves. Even though not all Mexicans are bad the ones that are overrule the good people that are good. Mexicans bring their culture through the borders and are corrupting the American cultures that are sacred to the United States. Mexican drug,weapons and sex traffickers are crossing the borders at all hours Day and night they bring illegal drugs that are being sold to the masses. The Mexican gangs have weapons that are...
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...of the Problem Consumers are taking advantage of price differentials for prescription drugs in other global markets by either physically crossing over to the Canadian border or ordering them from the internet. Analysis In an increasingly global environment, companies must become more aware of an empowered consumer. Information, such as pricing in other countries, is able to spread very quickly. American consumers often wish to be on an equal playing field with the rest of the world. This means that a service/good that is bought in the United State should be comparable in price/quality to the same good/service bought in another country. GSKoSmithKline (GSK) encountered numerous public relations and strategic issues with their decision to limit the supply of drugs shipped to Canada. Many American consumers chose to buy the cheaper versions of the drugs from Canadian pharmacies because of the significant price reduction. Many of these consumers, who were often low income or elderly, could not afford the United States drugs because of the expense. GSK’s Responsibility to American Patients Healthcare is a business, but it must be treated differently than other businesses. GSK has both a social and ethical commitment to produce life-saving drugs that are affordable and easily accessible to the American public. The large price differentials between drugs purchased in America and drugs purchased in Canada led many to believe that GSK was a profit-hungry corporation that...
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...The Mexican drug war is a threat to the United States. Mexican cartels are warring with one another for dominance over smuggling routes along the border. Bordering states are facing a ominous threat of being caught the cross hair of drug violence. Neither the United States nor Mexico authorities have been able to stop the bloodshed and prevent the import of illegal drugs. The outdated drug polices of the United States have failed to successfully stop the usage of illegal substances among its citizens. Mexico is precariously close to being completely paralyzed by the almighty cartels who threaten to create a permanent criminal state. The US government needs to reevaluate its current drug polices and current out dated solution. The United States will not win the drug war. Mexico is a current state of turmoil and bloodshed between authorities and drug cartels. There have been thousands of lives lost over turf battles and control over the lucrative drug routes along the border. The threat is eminent that its only time before blood shed spills over to American Soil. Mexican cartels have shown to be as ruthless as any terrorist organization that currently exists today. The illegal drug trade has turned one time peasants into multi-millionaires. For instance Joaquin “ El Chapo” Guzman leader of the Sinaloa Cartel made Fortune magazine billionaire list .Mexican drug cartels have used traditional business models to increase profits, distribution and supply consumers like a legitimate...
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...powerful, federal and local governments are losing control. These weapons that are making there way into Mexico are making it easier for the drug cartels to move drugs up and down North and South America. Also weapons are durable goods, which means that these weapons making there way to Mexico can be sold to other crime organizations and used again and again. This paper will look at two cases in particular, in which weapons are crossing U.S. borders and making there way into the hands of Los Zetas and the consequences that have resulted. What Lay’s Ahead For Mexico Globalization is something that is changing the way that we live. No matter where you go in the world you almost always see influences from other countries in one form or another. It has both positive and negative affects within society. For example, poor countries that are rich in natural resources can distribute them to other countries to benefit their own economy. However, globalization can have negative affects as well. International crime organizations across the world are gaining more access to high-power weapons because of the way that globalization has changed how merchandize is exchanged. For instance, lets look at Mexico, for some time now in Mexico there has been a tremendous amount of drug violence and kidnappings, and lots of areas are unsafe to visit. The drug cartels are gaining more power and the Mexican Government is getting close to losing complete control of the country. President Felipe Calderón...
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...The Mexican Drug War: Is It Their War or Ours? A common news headline in any newspaper or on any news channel these days mentions the “Mexican drug war”. It has become common along the U. S./Mexico border to hear people talking about it at schools, work places and in their own neighborhoods - coworkers, classmates and neighbors whom are involved in some way or know someone that is. Violence is seen and heard of on the U.S. side of the border quite frequently, which raises the questions, is it their war or ours? This war may have started on Mexican soil; however, it is, most definitely, the United States’ war as well. How did this all begin? What does the U.S. have to do with it? “For years, Mexico’s domestic supply of psychoactive...
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...Contr BORDER CONTRABAND Name Course Date In Border Contraband, Díaz examines the reality of change in the smuggling contraband over the Texas-Mexico border. Díaz states that the innocence of smuggling could not relate to the violence witnessed and what was reported in the news, a difference which inspired him to write the book. For example, the news media indicated that any encounter between the Texas Rangers and the border smugglers would result in the border smugglers initiating violence and the officers shooting back and killing or wounding them while they escaped unhurt. The content in the news did not reflect what Diaz had witnessed as a child in the smuggling business. Diaz notes that the initial smuggling was illegal but the items being ferried were not, unlike the tequila trafficking during prohibition and the following drug trade. The author notes that the accounts of smuggling were unbalanced due to the poor race relations at the time, and hence stories favored the perspective of law enforcement. However, he notes that most of the smugglers were not gangsters but were just evading tax. The first part concentrated on the period between 1848 and 1910 when Mexico and the United States focused on collective tariffs and the borderlands’ efforts to avoid the tariffs through smuggling. The second part started with the Mexican Revolution in 1910 when the security forces and national customs at the border moved to interdiction of prohibited items, mainly drugs, and...
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...Smuggling is when an individual or group of individuals illegally transport people, goods, or drug into or out of a country. Smuggling dates back to the 1820s, an interesting fact is that back then our country were the ones smuggling over into Mexico. Fast forward to a 100 years to the 1920s when the alcohol prohibition fueled smuggling between Mexico and the United States. The prohibition is which led to a federal presence of policing the border. Smuggling does not only pertain to goods, human smuggling dates back to the 1800 when slaves would flee over the Mexican border. The Mexican Army was forced to send out garrisons of troops to attempt to end this. Many illegal immigrants cross over into the U.S and are able to find work. This...
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...The war on drugs in America was an expensive effort to curb illegal drug use that ultimately failed. It is a term used to refer to a military based, government run campaign to prevent drug use, persecute those trafficking illegal and controlled substances, and to prevent drug flow across borders. The war officially began in 1971, where President Richard Nixon declared drugs to be the greatest threat to the American people. Drug use was rapidly spreading across the country, and thousands spilled across U.S borders. In 1973, Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration to aid in the war on drugs. The DEA was a federal law enforcement agency specially tasked and trained to track and arrest those using and distributing narcotics in the United...
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