The practice of racial profiling by law enforcement agencies was begun during the late 1970s, as police officers worked to capture drug traffickers. Studies in Arizona show that in 2006-2007 the state highway patrol significantly more likely to stop African Americans and hispanics than white people on all highway studies. A profile is a collection of gathered facts that help law enforcement officers target individuals who are likely committing criminal acts. Law enforcement officers have long used
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that cocaine enters the United States is via the border between the U.S. and Mexico (65% of all cocaine that comes in does so at the Southwestern U.S border). 1.•The Colombians control the bulk of the cocaine trade in major cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Miami. •1.Mexican drug cartels have started to run and produce cocaine themselves (and not as “middlemen” for the Colombians) and now control the drug trade in major Western U.S. cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles
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COLA WARS: GOING GLOBAL 1. Reading synthesis The Harvard Review article discuss how the 2 most successful cola companies, Coca Cola and Pepsico, had been struggling in the market since they started their operations. The interesting part is how it explained how each one of the companies developed their market in different countries. In this case, it explained the companies history in Mexico, China and India. What I think is more important to understand is that each country has different
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Decriminalization and Legalization of Drugs in Canada The Decriminalization and/ or legalization of drugs is a highly contentious issue regarding political, legal, economic, and social implications. It is also a highly contagious issue that the media cannot seem to cure its self of. Then again the public definitely cares about this issue intensely and so do many politicians whether they are users themselves or just simple supporters (of the tax revenues that legalizing certain narcotics will bring
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uses of opium. It was used as a remedy for diarrhea and as a pain reliever. Opium, however, is an addictive drug. Because of its addictive qualities, the Chinese Emperor banned the usage of Opium. With opium being banned, two major wars broke out. The First Opium War and the Second Opium War. These two wars are known as the Opium Wars. There were two main causes as to what caused the Opium wars. First, the difference between the two countries. And second, the greed of the British traders. What is more
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What would happen if the United States suddenly stopped building walls and instead flung open its borders, not unlike the European Union has done among the member countries of the common market? Conservatives malign the notion and liberals, even radical ones, haven’t exactly embraced the “open borders” concept. Open borders are the norm for borders between subdivisions within the boundaries of sovereign states, though some countries do have controlled borders within the boundaries of the state (for
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The Ideology of the terror groups also do not coincide with the ideology of the drug traffickers. But the relationships that can be cultivated from the two would be one simply of symbiosis or where one or another profits or gains from that particular relationship. The one connection that was determined was that the lower the level of terrorist, the more chance of connection to crime in order to facilitate their actions. Both of the organizations also show similar tradecraft, in both compartmentalization
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that I have always been interested in. In high school, I heard about people first smoking marijuana, and I thought it was so bad because of everything that I was taught in elementary and middle school. Kids always pledged to stay away from any type of drug. Once I knew friends that were smoking and I talked to them about it, they made it seem so harmless, and that’s when I really got curious about it. Then I started to find out more information about marijuana and its effects, and I started to wonder
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crime groups have continued to succeed in the United States is because they have been known to have connections with many different levels of law enforcement and within the government. Organized criminal groups are known to be the main contributors of drug trafficking. Today the types of crimes committed by organized crime groups have grown. As organized crime groups have become smarter, the types of crimes committed have increased and changed. One group of organized criminals that this paper will
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Prescription Drugs have its place in our world and society today. By making the government control the prices it makes it actually increase the affordability of the product instead of having other drug companies battle it out seeing who has the highest prices. With the government controlling drug prices it will keep prices stable for long periods of time or until some kind of economic depression or something else comes in and changes the price. These kind of method has helped us during the war times when
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