Essays on War on Drugs

Introduction In 1971 president Richard Nixon of the United States declared War on Drugs. Increasing drug consumption in the 1960s probably led Nixon to target on drug exploitation. In the context of the War on Drugs initiation, Nixon raised funds for drug management agencies and…

What is D.A.R.E. Program? What program incorporates information about resistance to drugs and helps you stand up against bullies? What program lets you share experiences with an awesome police officer and take a look at a police cruiser? Of course! It’s D.A.R.E.! D.A.R.E. is a…

Introduction In the film, “The House I Live In” states that “Since 1971, the War on Drugs has cost over one trillion dollars and has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, which makes America the world’s largest jailer” (Jarecki, 2012). We meet those who…

Drug use has occurred throughout history for thousands of years, for both recreational and medicinal purposes. There are even many types of drugs, including marijuana, opium, and tobacco. However, one may wonder how it came to be that some of these drugs became illegal in…

War on Terror, War on Poverty, War on Everything.What comes into your mind? More death? More injuries? More taxes? Yet, war doesn’t seem end anything soon. War on drugs is probably the longest war US government and its citizens have faced since President Nixon declared…

Michelle Alexander The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness2010 In The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander states that the War on Drugs and the subsequent mass incarceration is, as the title states, a revived version of Jim Crow. She does have…

The war on drugs — according to Poltifacts, was a proud moment initiated by President Richard Nixon in the early 1970s inevitably this would become one of the biggest failures of United States history increasing incarcerations over six times the average; costing Americans millions in…

War is a unifying tradition that the United States has been practicing since its conception. Rallying together is easiest when there is an enemy that must be defeated. However, when the enemy is a faceless group or an idea, it becomes a war of ideas…

Film Analysis Featuring: A Crazed Rambling The House I Live In, a documentary exploring the effects of the “War on Drugs” on families, communities and users, offers an emotionally compelling glimpse into the lives of individuals who are often left voiceless. The disturbing truth of…

Ever since the 20’s people have been using substances to get inebriated. Some substances legal others not. And the government has taken it upon themselves to decided what people can and cannot partake of. Earlier in the 1920s the government made alcoholic beverages illegal but…