Drug trafficking is an ever rising security problem affecting many nations across the globe. Governments as well as international bodies including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and several international donors have made great efforts in acknowledging the drug trafficking...
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Globalization and Drug Trafficking Globalization has brought about the liberalization of worldwide markets and the opening of borders thus facilitating trade, movement of people as well increased interdependence and interaction. The process has yielded enormous benefits but at the same time provided ground for the thriving of harmful practices such as...
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The Issue of Drugs Legalization, Prohibition, and Policy Reforms The issue of drugs legalization, prohibition and policy reforms has always sparked heated arguments from different groups supporting either of the side. Proponents of legalizing drugs base their arguments on the fact that the United States (US) continues to spend billions of...
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The article “The Never-Ending Drug War: Obstacles to Drug War Policy Termination” by Renee Scherlen and the “Wasted: The American prohibition on thinking smart in the drug war” article by Moises Naim explains how the drug war has failed. Policies have been implemented domestically and intentionally to fight against the...
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Statistics on the Connection between Mental Illness and Drug Abuse Statistics shows that over 39% of individuals that have severe mental illness are characterized by drug abuse. According to American Medical Association, mental illness and addiction problems trigger prolonged distress that results in mental impairment (Hiday, Borum & Wagner, 2014). Customarily,...
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Mostly, people ask themselves what would change bring in the field of drugs for minors. Diligent focus on country’s healthcare is a changing agenda in every state, and that is the reason people have to ask why not the medical area that forms children? New regulations could be the way...
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Fischbach, Peter. "The Role of Illicit Drug Use in Sudden Death in the Young." Cardiology in the Young, vol. 27, 2017 Supplement 1, pp. S75-S79. This source argues that illicit drugs such as marijuana should be banned as it has led to the death of many young people. The problem of...
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Ariyabuddhiphongs. V. Lottery Gambling: A Review. Journal of Gambling Studies. Springer Science+Business Media, Retrieved on 30th April 2010; 1-79 Credentials of the Author The author of the review article is V. Ariyabuddhiphongs. The author uses survey questionnaire to provide evidence on why people buy lotteries, and the predictor of lottery participation. Besides, the...
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“No legal industry could, like meth, claim 1,000 percent increases in production and sales in the four years between 1998 and 2002, a period in which corn prices remained flat and beef prices actually fell. Farmers, desperate to avoid foreclosure on their land, sold anhydrous ammonia (a common fertilizer) to...
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The nature of existence and development of criminal behavior is a hotly researched topic in criminology which has attracted extensive scholarly interest and led to the development of an array of theoretical perspectives. These include the general theory of crime, the strain theory, the differential differentiation theory among others. In...
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In recent years, the legalization of bhang has resulted in a heated debate as supporters and opposes of this move locking into debates as each focus to ensure their side takes the day. However, the debate has left the different state governments, nations and lawmakers at crossroads as to which...
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“No legal industry could, like meth, claim 1,000 percent increases in production and sales in the four years between 1998 and 2002, a period in which corn prices remained flat and beef prices actually fell. Farmers, desperate to avoid foreclosure on their land, sold anhydrous ammonia (a common fertilizer) to...
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