War on Drugs & Marijuana legalization in California United States: Thoughts on our War on Drugs The United States has been fighting a "war on drugs" for decades, yet illegal narcotics remain a problem for the country. Unfortunately, the developed world’s criminalization of many drugs has been neither effective nor free from unintended consequences. Though we may wish to judge the war on drugs by the good intentions of those who instigate it, we must evaluate it based on the terrible outcomes
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Excerpt 1: Gang Leader For A Day: Sudhir Venkatesh J.T. seemed to appreciate having the ear of an outsider who would listen for hours to his tales of bravado and managerial prowess. He often expressed how hard it was to manage the gang, to keep the drug economy running smoothly, and to deal with the law-abiding tenants who saw him as an adversary. Sometimes he spoke of his job with the same dispassion as if he were the C.E.O. of some widget manufacturer — an attitude that I found not only jarring
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Essay Policing Illegal Immigration Illegal immigrants are criminals and should be treated as such. Immigrants crossing the border are putting innocent lives in jeopardy. Not only are illegals crossing the border, they are bringing weapons, illegal drugs and other harmful objects into our country. When illegals come into our country they are somehow getting jobs that some of the legal Americans are not granted. This could be some of the reason why our unemployment rate is high. The border control should
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promise that he would look after him. Unfortunately, Sonny chooses the wrong path at first and gets involved in drugs and has to go to a rehabilitation center to get better. After he gets out his brother asks him "What do you want to do?"(47), to which Sonny replies "I'm going to be a musician. (47)" Sonny's brother doubts his aspirations from the beginning and even tells himself that "(he) never played the role of the older brother quite so seriously before (47)." Sonny's brother is a teacher and you
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that was also aimed at the legalization of euthanasia in the United States. “In 1991 the Washington State Initiative Bill legalizing voluntary euthanasia was narrowly defeated.” (6) In 1994, Oregon passed a law to allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs, but an injunction prevented it from taking effect. As of today, euthanasia is illegal in almost every country. In fact, it is only legal in the state of Oregon and the Netherlands. These are the only two places in the world where laws specifically
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began banding together to form gangs in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s and 1980s, there were national gang alliances, with gangs moving out of Los Angeles and New York City, and spreading across the country, with affiliates in many towns, as well as drug routes to finance gang activities. Although gang
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“The Stick up Kids“ by Randol Contreras something to understand. It was a way of getting between the reason what led them to become who they are now the questions begin to be answered with how society has judged them based on their actions with the drugs and violence they have caused. These Dominican men chose the path of robbing and the lust for money in order to be respected. Poverty was like a death sentence if they did not build their way in this lifestyle. This explains much of what Gus and Pablo
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addicted to drugs. Her habit was pretty bad from what I remember. She did her best to take us, but then there were times we were in the house alone with no food and light. She would be gone for days at a time. I didn’t understand much at that time until I saw it with my own eyes. It’s a sight I will never forget. Seeing my mom get high. After that she made the decision to drop us off at my aunts said, “I will be right back and never came back.” Bad thing about this my aunt was on drugs too. At that
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inability to focus or calm down, but also it is not uncommon for low self-esteem from doing poorly in school or being bullied for their behaviors or school work. Although sometimes symptoms tend to be less severe as a person grows older, some people never grow out of it, but almost all learn how to better cope with their symptoms and how to focus and remain attentive for day to day activities. (Mayo) Often times feeling of guilt is felt by the person who has ADHD or by one of their family members. Educating
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Drug Abuse and Crime Sometimes drugs can be the best thing to people when they are feeling stressed or it can just be a relief in their lives. Drugs are very dangerous but at the same time good for pain but if it becomes addictive then that’s a problem. Drugs are becoming more and more related to crime. When someone is abusing drugs they aren't really in their right state of mind. One someone is not in the right state of mind they do things they normally wouldn’t do. People commit crimes should
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