Abstract
The writer of this paper contends that the ongoing war on drugs has not succeeded and that drug use should be prevented rather than made illegal. This paper also examines the argument that drug use will dramatically decrease if all illegal substances are legalized. This paper also discusses how school programs educating students on the risks of substance abuse has had a dramatic impact on teenage drug use.
Topics covered in this paper include:
The War On Drugs
The Drug Business
Alcohol and Drugs
The Effect of Drug Education
Drugs and Jail
Addiction
Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper
"Because drugs are illegal, their cost is astronomical, providing enormous profits to those engaged in the business of importing, exporting and selling drugs. There is no question that legalization of drugs would put an immediate stop to this rich source of economic gain. Legal drugs could be sold at a reasonable price to those who choose to use them, and the illegal drug community would not be able to compete."

Tags:law, drugs, narcotics, education, youth, teens

Abstract
This paper describes the need for fighting drug use in America. It details the facts on different drugs, illegal drug use. It also details drug addiction and the effects it has on people. The paper studies the three basic categories of health risk of Drug Abuse: simple side effects, overdose, and the ability to react correctly to danger. It describes the efforts America has made to render drugs illegal. It discusses the comparison of drugs to alcohol and the necessity of rendering all drugs illegal.

From the Paper
"The South is no longer trying to secede. The Germans aren't going to bomb us; the Great Depression has been relieved; the "Japs" have been bombed; and the communist scare is over. Cuba is just an island nation now, and only threatens us with prepubescent refugees. However, no nation can keep its citizens happy for long without some kind of external threat -- something to explain the high taxes and low public services. So it is that at the dawn of the new millennium, America finds itself facing one of the greatest dangers known to mankind: mind altering drugs. To protect itself, the nation is waging an expensive, high-profile, and full-out war on drugs. "

Tags:Drugs, America, Addiction, DEA, legal, illegal, Abuse, health

Abstract
This paper examines the repercussions of drug prohibition. This paper is written from a point of view that supports the legalization of drugs. It explores the history of America's "War on Drugs" from a political and financial standpoint. Crime, civil liberties, foreign countries economies and medical uses for illegal drugs are discussed. Many of the statistics that are studied in this paper are taken from the DEA's web site and proven to be invalid through outside sources. This paper looks at where the government funding for drug prohibition goes; it also looks at drug prices, crime rates and statistics pertaining to the inmate population of drug offenders.

From the Paper
"Every year America's drug policies are debated in Washington. These drug policies are never debated seriously, the only aspect our elected representatives focus on is how much more money should America spend battling drugs. Outside of Washington there is a growing unease about the war on drugs. Many Americans are concluding that the drug war has been given a fair chance to work and has failed. America's war on drugs is an unsuccessful battle, and it's time for a governmental reform."

Tags:administration, civil, constitutional, crime, dea, drug, drugs, enforcement, legalization, liberties, marijuana, policy, political, population, prison, prohibition, public, rights, science, taxes, war

Abstract
The paper discusses how an employer might be considered an enabler of employee drug use through his or her attitude toward drugs. The paper explains how this could be a refusal to take action when drug use is suspected, or his or her neglect at establishing drugs policies within the workplace. In reference to attitude, the paper notes that if the employer is known to have a personal acceptance of a drug culture, it may have a profound affect on the freedom that employees feel they have in using drugs. By announcing his or her agreement with a drug culture, the employer is suggesting that employees have the support of the workplace in any drug activity.

Tags:drugs, workplace, employers

Abstract
The paper argues that suppression as a method for curtailing drugs and gangs is more effective than intervention alone because with suppression, gang members are brought to task for their actions, rather than just counseled about the destruction their actions with drugs and crime may bring. The paper discusses how drugs have always played an integral part of gang life, however, in the 1970s, they became central to street gang activity. The paper then explains how the drugs in gangs are financed.

From the Paper
"Suppression as a method for curtailing drugs and gangs is more effective than intervention alone because with suppression, gang members are brought to task for their actions, rather than just counseled about the..."

Tags:drugs, gangs, suppression

Abstract
An analysis of the relationship between the war on terrorism and the war on drugs. Part II discusses the similarities between the war on terrorism and the war on drugs. In Part III, the relationship between the war on terrorism and the war on drugs is outlined. Lastly, this paper concludes with recommendations for effectively dealing with the war on terrorism and the war on drugs.

From the Paper
"Few events in life have the potential to impact each and every single member of society, whether it is on a macro (indirect) or micro (direct) level. Even fewer such events actually do impact every single citizen. The Columbine school shootings, the Kent State university shootings, the Oklahoma city bombings, Pearl Harbor, and Vietnam are just a few of the events which are forever embedded into the psyche of millions of Americans. On September 11, 2001, two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center buildings in New York, another airplane crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth airplane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. In addition to the sheer magnitude of these airplane crashes, what makes these crashes notable is the fact that all four airplanes were hijacked by suspected terrorists. As a result of these horrific terrorist attacks, thousands of individuals lost their lives in an instant, countless others were left to stand by helplessly, to learn to rebuild their lives without their loved ones."

Tags:terrorism, drugs, border, police, control

Abstract
The paper discusses how it is well known that abuse of illegal drugs causes major problems for society. This is reflected by the fact that every country has laws that attempt to minimize such abuse. However, the paper contends that comparatively little attention is paid to the abuse of legal, prescription drugs. Yet these can also cause enormous harm. Millions of people in the USA are addicted to various prescription drugs. Many of these people lose their jobs, their families and even their lives because of this addiction. This paper highlights the problem of addiction to prescription drugs, showing that many people are addicted and that such addiction causes great harm.

Tags:prescription, drugs, abuse

Abstract
This paper is an opinion paper written with the aim of recommending avenues in which the U.S. can further the War on Drugs. The paper goes into the intricacies of two possible plans that could be implemented in order to further the effectiveness of the War on Drugs, military or legal. The first recommendation calls for the FDA to legalize drugs and regulate the influx of them. The second recommendation calls for a higher military involvement to eliminate the source.

Tags:drug, drugs, legalization, solutions, trade, war, pot, US-Mexico, relations, immigration

Abstract
This three page undergraduate paper examines how racial profiling, the war on drugs, and urban poverty are related. The writer points out that an examination of the harsher realities of American society is necessary, for urban poverty often leads to drug abuse, which in itself has led to the war on drugs. The writer notes that this war is which is being conducted through racial profiling and other controversial methods. The writer discusses that as drug use is higher in minority communities due to the higher poverty rates there, law enforcement agencies consider it logical to use race as an indication of illegal drug use or trafficking.

From the Paper
"In order to determine how racial profiling, the war on drugs, and urban poverty are related, an examination of the harsher realities of American society is necessary, for urban poverty often leads to drug abuse, which has led to the war on drugs, which is being conducted through racial profiling and other controversial methods. Essentially, because drug use is higher in minority communities because of the higher poverty rates there, law enforcement agencies consider it logical to use race as an indication of illegal drug use or trafficking. According to Inciardi, current efforts to control drug abuse rely primarily upon law enforcement operations involving the seizure of drug supplies and the arrest and imprisonment of drug offenders."

Tags:racial, profiling, drugs

Abstract
This paper deals with the shortcomings of the current measures taken to curb the rising problem of drug abuse in America and how legalizing drugs would change the role of the police from the enforcer, to the protector. A discussion of the question of getting current abusers to stop their self-destructive ways and ways to prevent new drug abusers is given with a realistic looks at how the current systems tries to solve these problems. Also a short dissertation on how DARE has failed to prevent new drug abusers is also given.

Tags:drugs, legalization, of