War on Drugs

Title: War on Drugs
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 524 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

War on Drugs

Making Matters Worse “Drug abuse is a serious problem, both for individual citizens and society at large, but the ‘war on drugs’ has made matters worse.” -Ethan A. Nadelmann The prohibitionist approach to the war on drugs, just like the temperance movement of the 1830’s on alcohol, is not effective and even counterproductive. There are three major problems with enforcing the prohibition laws in the current war on drugs that were also present during the …showed first 75 words of 524 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 524 total…But what prohibition did do was hand the Mafia a new market and allow them to make a lot of money. Today, in the twentieth century, we face a similar story. As our state governments continue to enforce laws prohibiting drugs in America they are strengthening the enemy. The laws have created a black market and along with it powerful drug cartels and gangs that are feeding off high prices they receive for the drugs.

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