The losing battle that was begun in 1971 when Richard Nixon stated that in the U.S, drugs and drug abuse is "public enemy number one" is now thought of as a losing battle. This so called "war on drugs" has become a pressing issue and there are millions of people hoping to see an end on this misuse of government funding and cause of prison overcrowding in many places.
This year alone over 58 thousand people have been arrested for drug law offenses, 30 thousand of those arrests were related to cannabis, the most popular drug that is able to be purchased on the black market, or in some states, such as Colorado, on the regulated market. A big dilemma in the battle to eradicate drug use is the recidivism rate for those incarcerated for drug offenses, people who are released after being originally arrested for drug abuse are likely to return to drug abuse because they don't receive help with getting their mind off the thing they desire most.
Mexican drug cartels have come to use the prohibition of drugs as a means of making billions, if not multiple trillions of dollars in the last 4 decades. On top of making all this money, they have sacrificed the lives of millions of people. The most violent place on Earth right now is in a city called cuidad Juarez, Mexico. Just south of the U.S. Mexican boarder, this area is known for its fast growing economy based on having 28 industrial-like manufacturing facilities however, in 2010 there were 3,116 homicides recorded and between 2007 and 2011 a total of 9,000 people were killed. To say that pot is harmless would be an understatement, but if it were to be legalized, would it have an observable impact on the number of murders related to marijuana? Taxing and regulating the weed industry would prove to be even more stimulating to the economy than paying law enforcement to get it off the streets, annually this would save the U.S $41.3 billion. There would not only be an increase in the number of people smoking the drug; going clothes shopping would turn into a whole new experience with the less expensive hemp products that would most likely dominate the clothing industry, due to being less expensive to refine and turn into textiles. The increase in revenues would in turn generate $46.7 billion in taxes alone, not to mention the initial profit made with business management. But even with these facts, there is still a lot of resistance in congress to legalize any drugs that are currently illegal.
Although there is resistance in congress to legalize drugs, this has not stopped the CIA, and other government agencies to be involved in the trafficking of illegal firearms used by cartels.
The losing battle that was begun in 1971 when Richard Nixon stated that in the U.S, drugs and drug abuse is "public enemy number one" is now thought of as a losing battle. This so called "war on drugs" has become a pressing issue and there are millions of people hoping to see an end on this misuse of government funding and cause of prison overcrowding in many places.
No comments:
Post a Comment