Drug-Related Crime

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In this article, the writer explains that many people who have never been involved with or exposed to illicit drug use or distribution, probably glamorize the term drug-related crime to mean the movie like violence that occurs under the auspices of organized crime, such as that seen in popular organized crime television shows and movies. The writer points out that the reality is that drug-related crime is not the stuff of fables and is often associated with issues that are anything but glamorous and are very damaging on both a social and personal level. The writer discusses that one of the most crucial issues about drug-related crime, that has been on the forefront of the minds of those in hard hit areas is now finally being realized as federal officials begin to acknowledge that drugs are no longer a regional matter. The writer notes that whereas previously the federal government, as a matter of policy was not interested in focusing on one drug, but on the whole of the drug problem, it is now looking for ways to create change in the new face of the drug war.

From the Paper:

"Drug incarcerations often include only the arrests and detentions that are directly associated with drug violations and do not take into consideration the many individuals who are arrested and incarcerated doing cursory work to obtain drugs, such as theft, identity crimes and those who are arrested committing violent acts against their domestic partners and or children in rages that are induced by drugs, or in some cases the physical lack there of. The reasons for victimization are many and include the crimes one commits to obtain the illicit substance but also the secondary association of the violent crimes often committed by those who are lacking the present ability to seek more drugs."
"The kinds of policy changes that might assist law enforcement and the community in its bid to reduce the effects of drug related crime on the community are many but in the following quote there are several far reaching policy changes that could help reduce the kinds of evasive crimes that are at the heart of the over-taxation of the communities where these crimes are committed, and they include a change in the way that alcohol as well as illicit drugs are dealt with in society."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Boulard, Garry. "The Meth Menace: Battling the Fast-Paced Spread of Methamphetamine May Mean Attacking It from Several Fronts." State Legislatures May 2005: 14.
• Boyum, David, and Mark A.R. Kleiman. "Breaking the Drug-Crime Link." Public Interest Summer 2003: 19.
• "Organized Crime." The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2004.
• Hanson, Gayle M.B. "Drug Crime Doesn't Pay, or Does It?." Insight on the News 19 June 1995: 16.
• "Meth's a Global Problem." The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) 25 July 2005: A12.

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