Over 11.4 million illegal immigrants are currently in the U.S‚ many of which are causing problems for U.S citizens. Illegal immigration has been called a good thing for the economy and for helping jobs‚ but illegal immigration brings more problems than solutions. The U.S government should deport illegal immigrants or enforce immigration laws. Through illegal immigration‚ there have been increased crime rates‚ escalating cost to U.S citizens‚ and drug trade throughout the U.S. Illegal immigrants may
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Senior Writeing 12 December 2012 THE WAR ON DRUGS The number of people arrested this year for drug law offences as of Monday December 3‚ 2012 was (1‚541‚363). That’s 13% of the total arrests this year. Law enforcement made more arrests for drug abuse violations than any outer offenses this year. also someone is arrested for violating a drug law every 19 seconds but this is a good this and someone think that these laws agents drugs is too costly and too much time and money for law enforcement
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These are some of the commonly abused drugs in the Philippines. Recently‚ the drug problem is quite alarming.The increasing number of arrested drug traffickers‚ seizures of big volumes of dangerous drugs‚ controlled precursors and essential chemicals and dismantling of clandestine laboratories since the conception of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency show the extent and impact of the drug abuse and drug trade problem in the Philippines. The illegal trade of methamphetamine hydrochloride commonly
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Illegal drugs in the United States has created a huge black market industry. According to the International Business Times (2013)‚ an estimated $200-$750 billion a year in size‚ with the current decade seeing the largest per person drug usage per year in American history ("Drug Trafficking by the Numbers‚" n.d.). Drug trafficking involves the trade of illegal drugs through a well-structured network and imported and exported to different corners of the world. According to a report by United Nations
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Drug War Statistics To Sum this up I’ve gathered some information not well information to show the damage does to our society the economic failure from of America’s “War on Drugs”: There is a drug arrest every 19 seconds in the U.S. Of the more than 1.6 million drug arrests in 2009‚ 82 percent were for possession alone. The U.S. government estimates that more than 118 million Americans above the age of 12 (47 percent of the population) admit to using illegal drugs. One out of every
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Drug Trafficking in the U.S. Daniel Bliss ENG 122 Instructor McAdams August 6‚ 2012 The research topic that I have chosen for this class is Drug Trafficking in the U.S. I have chosen this topic because it both interests and affects me in my daily life as a law enforcement officer. While working my patrols at night I see many living situations‚ violent crimes‚ and diminishing qualities of life caused by drugs and drug trafficking. I wanted to conduct research on this topic in order to educate
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Drug addiction in Pakistan Pakistan is today notorious for many things‚ but in the last 20 years‚ drug production and addiction has increasingly become just one of them. The issue of drug addiction is often overshadowed by the many of the country’s other human development problems‚ such as poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of basic health care. But the fact is‚ drug abuse is rapidly growing in Pakistan and in South Asia in general. While Bangladesh‚ India‚ Nepal and Maldives all suffer from this‚ Pakistan
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A recreational drug is categorized as any substance with pharmacologic effects that is either taken voluntarily for personal pleasure‚ or for satisfaction rather than for medicinal purposes such as cocaine‚ marijuana‚ or ecstasy. These types of drugs are easily found and are used by more than 22 million Americans ages 12 and older; nearly nine percent of the U.S. population. If these types of drugs were to be made legal‚ a positive change in the economy would be the ultimate outcome. In 1961
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Cattan‚ and Mario Parker. “Heroin Pushed on Chicago by Cartel Fueling Gang Murders.” Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P.‚ 17 September 2013. Web. 25 September 2013 Sypnosis This article addresses Joaquin Guzman‚ a Mexican drug lord‚ and his affiliation with the state of the city of Chicago. Guzman has created an empire with “near-monopoly control” that is virtually untouchable by the law enforcers of the United States (Lippert‚ Cattan‚ and Parker 4). Even through all of
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Mexican Drug War Alex Woodman The drug trade in Mexico has flourished since World War II. The drug lords and kingpins have as much power or more power than the government. In 2006‚ Felipe Calderon took office as Mexico’s President. His first act as President was to declare war on the drug cartels. Since then‚ the violence towards government officials and military/police personnel has increased dramatically. Although cries from the citizens of Mexico call for the violence to stop‚ the government
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