The discussion of legalizing certain illegal drug like marijuana for personal use or prostitution to help stimulate the economy is one of the worst ideas ever. It was also said that it will eliminate money laundering problem. By keeping illegal drugs, prostitution, and money laundering illegal will prevent criminals from exploiting the poor and unfortunate people. This will also prevent the “paid” rape of all genders, it will also detour people from becoming an addict, thus eliminating the increase of money laundering. If those things are not controlled or increase in awareness the human trafficking business will grow even more each year, more people to include younger children are turned into sex slaves, and legitimate business starts to launder money all because of the suffering economy.
The drug industry is a booming business, from legal to illegal drugs it is a multi-billion dollar industry. You hear about drugs everywhere, it is on TV, movies, radio; they are figured in books and magazines. Every so often it an ad will flash across your computer screen, and in daily conversation with friends and co-workers.
Over the year’s prescription medications or over the counter medicines are now as dangerous as illegal drugs. Those same drugs that are suppose to help with pain or cure certain ailment are now leading to drug abuse without thinking about it. Those same people become addicted to without thinking that they are and can cause serious health problems, and even death if left unnoticed. No one knows what kind of side effects a drug can have on a person especially if it is the first time that person is taking it, it does not matter what the dosage is. Everyone's body and brain chemistry are different so that means that toleran...
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Prescription and pharmaceutical drug abuse is beginning to expand as a social issue within the United States because of the variety of drugs, their growing availability, and the social acceptance and peer pressure to uses them. Many in the workforce are suffering and failing at getting better due to the desperation driving their addiction.
According to Leshner, drug addiction is a chronic brain disease that is expressed in the form of compulsive behaviors (Leshner, 2001). He believes that drug addiction is influence by both biological, and behavioral factors, and to solve this addiction problem we need to focus on these same factors. On the other hand, Neil Levy argues that addiction is not a brain disease rather it is a behavioral disorder embedded in social context (Levy, 2013). I believe, drug addiction is a recurring brain disease that can be healed when we alter and eliminate all the factors that are reinforcing drug addiction.
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About one out of five 10th graders and about 1 out of four high school seniors used marijuana in the past month (Facts for Teens, 1). It is the second most popular drug among teens in the US (Encarta, 1). Teens, ages 12-17, that use marijuana weekly are nine times more likely than non-users to experience with illegal drugs and alcohol (Fed. Study, 1). More 13 & 14 year olds are using drugs, fifteen pe...
The war on drugs in our culture is a continuous action that is swiftly lessening our society. This has been going on for roughly 10-15 years and has yet to slow down in any way. Drugs continue to be a problem for the obvious reason that certain people abuse them in a way that can lead to ultimate harm on such a person. These drugs do not just consist of street drugs (marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy), but prescription medications as well. Although there are some instances where drugs are being used by subjects excessively, there has been medical research to prove that some of these drugs have made a successful impact on certain disorders and diseases.
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Sex trafficking, Prostitution & Drug Use Laina Marquina The College of Saint Rose. Abstract The trafficking of young women and children for prostitution and sexual exploitation is one of the most significant human rights abuses in contemporary society.
This topic is very controversial topic because it deals with a growing body of citizens whose lives have greatly been affected by the United States government drug policies. In order to tackle the problem effectively, we need to look how it relates to economic problems, health issues, the criminal justice system and etc in our communities I look at bureau of justice statistics for statistics on National Drug Budget control, National household survey on drug abuse, prison statistics and book written by scholars on the issue.
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Drug use as well as drug abuse is on a constant rise. There is a wide spread misunderstanding about drugs. Many believe a drug is something that the government has said is illegal to use or consume. However this is not entirely true. A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Alcohol, caffeine, aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain, drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other, and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain's own chemical signals, I will discuss this further later on in the paper.
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Many groups of people use money laundering today, and many ways exist to launder money. Money laundering has become more sophisticated over the years. It is much different then when Al Capone laundered his bootleg profits. The United States is doing what they can to combat this illegal activity but without the help of others it is an impossible task. Many countries have teamed up with the Unites States to help. The only way to truly combat it is to persuade the other countries to develop anti-laundering standards. Along with developing these standards, banks need to train their staff on how to catch different transactions and policies to catch money laundering. Because laundering is so easy in these less developed countries laundering will continue, and while this illegal activity continues the activity itself will continue to destroy the economy in which it exists.
Leshner, A. (2011) Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and it Matters. Frontiers in Neuroscience: The Science of Substance Abuse.