Making Matters Worse "Drug abuse is a serious problem, both for individual citizens and society at large, but the 'war on drugs' has made matters worse." -Ethan A. Nadelmann The prohibitionist approach to the war on drugs, just like the temperance movement of th...

Drugs In America By Robert Emmet Long. The war on drugs is I believe the longest war in the history of mankind. I also think it is one of the most important topics today. I personally do not see an end that is going to come anytime soon because there is no way that we can stop the use of it. ...

Fewer Coloradans have signed up for the state's medical-marijuana program than expected but officials say the pace may increase in coming months. Ninety-nine Coloradans are legally smoking marijuana with their doctor's approval under the state's 7-month-old Medical Marijuana Registry program. The f...

Eliot Marshall once said "The discovery and invention of substances that change the way we feel and behave are among man's special accomplishments". Man has been given the ability to alter a person's behavior, mood, health, thoughts, and perception. However, due to government ...

Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized? "Nadelmann argues that the present policy [on drugs] does not work and that it is counterproductive. Legalization, he contends, would stop much of the disease, violence, and crime associated with illegal drugs." Nadelmann then continues with his idea...

Legalization of Drugs. (PRO) "There is much hysteria about drugs and drug use in this country and much misinformation. It is time we got rid of both, put drugs and drug abuse in their proper perspective and go on with our lives." Richard Lawrence Miller, The case for Legalizing Drugs. I coul...

Dealing with Drugs My mother knew sports were the most important thing in my life. She tried to use my love of sports to keep me away from drugs. She told me drugs would keep me from performing at my best when I played football. But I had been reading the sports page since I was a little kid. I...

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Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seems to be a bit impossible. The war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a lot but this is not tru...

  Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of handthat many options are being considered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seemsto be a bit impossible. The war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a lot but this is not true.Different op...

If Marijuana Were To Be Legal Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are beingconsidered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seems to be a bit impossible. The war on drugs see...

This is Your Brain on PSAsAs a teen in today's America, I am bombarded everyday with drugs. Whether it's the crazy guy on the corner, a blockbuster movie, hanging out with my friends, or sitting around watching TV, drugs are everywhere. In response to this, the government and media have gone to gre...

The War On DrugsThe movie "Traffic" and the book "The Corner" by David Simon are clear examples of one, if not the most serious, problem that our society is facing, the use of drugs and the war on them. They explain the reality that affects a big segment of our society and the attempts by an ineffic...

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The war on drugs has been an ongoing issue among Americans for many years. The fight against illegal substances for the body has, however, been narrowed over recent years and focused on the drug Marijuana. Countless men and women have tried, used or use the drug hiding from the law enforcement off...

Drug czar Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas) pretty much sums up this Activity Focus E-Mail for me when he says "It's hard to fight a war when the enemy is your own family" after he realizes that his 16-year-old daughter Caroline is graduating from recreational drug use to habitual abuse &ndash...

Position Paper The New Science: Prosperity or Plague? As humanity approaches the new millennium, we are forced to make decisions regarding the future of our race. Our past history has shown us how far we have come and how much we have relied on technology. Will we continue to depen...

Just Some Bad Logic"The Battle For Medical Marijuana in The War on Drugs" is an article written by William E. Stempsey debating over why the dispute against the legalization of medical marijuana "is just bad logic." The article is clearly for the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes and ...

Why Not Pot? Marijuana is one of the most widely used illegal drugs in the country today. The amount of people that smoke pot is on the rise and not showing any signs of slowing down. The government is spending billions of dollars trying to stop society from smoking marijuana yet is having no ...

Escape from Reality The request for legalizing drugs has entered the mainstream of public debates in recent years, mostly focusing on marijuana. Some countries around the world have allowed laws, not so much to abolish, as to bend the use of drugs. Countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, P...

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If you are a hopeless patient and fighting severe pain due to illness, you would probably favor using marijuana for pain relief. Legalizing the medical marijuana is one of the most controversial issues in today\'s society. Marijuana or cannabis is widely used around the world. It causes hallucina...

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Why Should the Government Make Marijuana Legal? I think there is a large population of people in the United States who feel the government of this country has made a huge mistake in the war on drugs. Instead of focusing in on the deadly, harsh drugs, the government has decided that the harmless...

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