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- 2721: U.S. Scourge Spreads South of The Border
- ... in Mexico City. There are so many American tourists buying drugs that Tijuana's pharmacies have doubled in the past five years and now number around 700. With their cheap, government-controlled prices, they have drawn tens of thousands of Californians, often retirees, who snap up brand-name blood pressure, cholesterol and other medications, often saving 50% of more. and thanks ... York Pharmacy ring up an average of $3000.00 in sales a day, a local Tijuana pharmacist said. While they lack hard proof, U.S. authorities have told the Mexican government at a couple of meetings in the past month that they believe the pharmacies are selling Rohypnol to young Americans. Mexican officials say they are cracking down. Well, they say they are, but are they? With so much government corruption, especially in the city of Tijuana, you can only think of how much money is being made in this enterprise and who's getting some kick- backs. My ...
- 2722: Gun Control
- ... is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to be expected in a society which has less respect for the rule of law than does Canadian society..." In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter gun control. Among the provisions legislated by the Canadian government was a "Firearms Acquisition Certificate" for the purchase of any firearm, and strengthened the "registration requirements for handguns and other restricted weapons..." . The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to ... defending each other against their opponents of the issue, and they see the benefits as far more greater than the setbacks. The introduction of the 1977 legislation by the Canadian government strongly suggests that the country will benefit by having a safer society, and reduction in crime. According to Robert J. Mundt, a benefit reaped by this legislation has been ...
- 2723: Drug Smuggling
- ... marijuana and 2,000 kilograms of crack that was being brought into Illinois. More then 3 quarters of these arrest were in 1988 alone. Some of the thing that the government are trying to do to help stop this horrible thing are sending the army out in the streets to help seize some of the drugs on the streets, and the government is also putting more money into protect the boarders from all immigrants bringing illegal drugs into the United States of America. There is also a lot of money put into ... huge drug problem in countries like Mexico and some of the poorer counties in Russia. Most of the drugs that seep into American are usually brought into from Mexico. The government is trying to build a more resistant border line to stop all flow of drugs coming into the American boarder line. After the drugs make it into America they ...
- 2724: Why I Think They Should Legalize Pot
- ... lots of important evidence and reasons to support this. If drugs were legalized, this country would be a much nicer place to inhabit and for this reason and others, the government should stop cracking down on harmless pot users. Here are the reasons why weed should be legalized in the United States: First, our prisons are so full of drug users ... be a dimer! Finally, it's unconstitutional to limit our pursuit of happiness. When I'm stoned, I'm quite happy. Everything is cool when you're baked. If the government makes pot illegal, they are taking away your right to pursue being happy, because you're happy when you're under the influence of marijuana. For these reasons and MANY others, the United States government ought to end the ban on drugs. Only if they do can we have "justice for all."
- 2725: U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border
- ... in Mexico City. There are so many American tourists buying drugs that Tijuana's pharmacies have doubled in the past five years and now number around 700. With their cheap, government-controlled prices, they have drawn tens of thousands of Californians, often retirees, who snap up brand-name blood pressure, cholesterol and other medications, often saving 50% of more. and thanks ... York Pharmacy ring up an average of $3000.00 in sales a day, a local Tijuana pharmacist said. While they lack hard proof, U.S. authorities have told the Mexican government at a couple of meetings in the past month that they believe the pharmacies are selling Rohypnol to young Americans. Mexican officials say they are cracking down. Well, they say they are, but are they? With so much government corruption, especially in the city of Tijuana, you can only think of how much money is being made in this enterprise and who's getting some kick- backs. My ...
- 2726: The Advantages of Being Legal
- ... thousands of non-violent drug offenders are overpopulating prisons, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Legalization would also put marijuana dealers out of business and it would bring revenue to the government like alcohol and tobacco does. Some opposition to legalizing marijuana is that traffic fatalities would increase, and that more people like school teachers and bus drivers would be smoking legally ... trees years to grow to produce the same amount of paper. Hemp was cultivated in the U. S. until 1937, when the Marijuana Tax Act outlawed marijuana. In 1942 the government encouraged American farmers to cultivate hemp for the war effort, but then in 1955 prohibitionists had reasserted a total ban on production. Now the DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, remains firmly ... man's appetite by legislation, and a makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
- 2727: Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
- ... became more dangerous to consume and crime burgeoned and became łorganized". The courts and prison systems became over crowded resulting in a full blown war on alcohol which costed the government millions of dollars. Political officials began to want a piece of the action and became corrupt. The prohibition of alcohol also resulted in the removal of significant tax revenues and the increase of government spending. It also led many drinkers to switch to other drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opium, patent medicines, and other dangerous substances they would have been unlikely to use otherwise ... the problems it was intended to solve and supplanted other ways of addressing them" (Thornton 73). The only beneficiaries of prohibition were bootleggers, crimebosses, and the forces of the big government. When prohibition was nullified in 1933, crime dramatically went down, including organized crime, and corruption. Jobs were created, and new voluntary efforts, such as alcoholics anonymous, which was created ...
- 2728: Marijuana
- ... users take marijuana, it doesn't lead to violence-related crimes. Most users commit crime because they want to get marijuana, but this problem can be easily solved if the government would legalize marijuana again. When you take marijuana, it doesn't make you violent, in fact it leads to non-violence. There has never been a case that a person ... has no known toxic amount. This is amazing, since tobacco(which is legal) has 340,000 plus deaths in a typical year, compared to marijuana, which has 0 deaths. The government states that over 20 million Americans still smoke marijuana. You can say that marijuana affects your health, but marijuana is less dangerous than tobacco and people smoke less of it ... The same plant, known as hemp, has about 50,000 non-drug commercial uses. This includes paper, textiles, fuels, food, and sealants; but these uses were also banned by laws. Government should re-legalize marijuana and tax it. People are going to smuggle it anyway, so why not make a lot of money to try to repay the United States' ...
- 2729: Is Drug Testing the Answer?
- ... the drug problem. Legalizing certain drugs would eliminate drug dealers, drug smugglers, and all those associated with drug trafficking. The profits from drug sales would then turn over to the government. Pharmacies would then be able to sell drugs. These pharmacies could be licensed and have to pay taxes on the drugs, meaning huge profits for government. The value of drugs would decrease tremendously. The $3000 a week cocaine habit would turn into a $20 a week habit if purchased at a pharmacy. Billions and billions of ... in the United States. Tactics being implemented right now in 1996 are just not working. The future is uncertain because so many Americans have divided opinions about what to do. Government officials are also divided. There must come a day when all prejudices and personal beliefs must be put aside for the benefit of the future generations. When will this ...
- 2730: Drugs
- ... it more and more often. During the 19th century in China there was a period called the Opium Wars where the use of Opium had become such a problem the government tried to prohibit it. But by then no one could stop its growth. In 1803 the compound responsible for the painkilling effect was found and called Morphine. This discovery brought ... heroin and other hard drugs can do to their child's body or future. During the 80's there was a huge war against drugs. Many parents thought that the government was doing a good enough job of informing children of the risks about drugs and let their guard down. Obviously, the government did not do a good enough job of informing children of the dangers of drugs, recently there have been a number of studies showing that almost every illegal drug' ...
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