Antoaneta Stefanova October 5th‚ 2012 DRUG TOURISM Unconventional Tourism Homework Definition: Drug tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. It also includes travel experience that is accompanied by the consumption of said substances. Specification: This type of tourism includes crossing a national border to obtain drugs over the counter that are not sold in one’s own country‚ or traveling
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that America has a drug problem. Every day‚ millions of dollars worth of drugs are being sold and used‚ causing inumerous health problems for American users everywhere. The strict anti-drug federal policies‚ however‚ do not seem to have any effect on today’s rising number of deaths caused by addiction. Though many believe that the dangers of illegal drug use can be remedied with stronger policies against them‚ the best thing the government can do for today’s recreational drug situation is to legalize
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L. Casler The War on Drugs University of Southern California Introduction Nearly half a century has passed since Richard Nixon officially declared a War on Drugs. Several theories exist regarding Nixon’s motives behind the declaration. The most commonly cited theory states that the war on drugs was declared in response to the large number of soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin. Proponents argue that Nixon actually declared a War on Drugs in fear of the civil rights
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be using drugs at all. The drugs like alcohol‚ cigarette‚ and many more are consuming everyday are slowly killing them‚ it destroys their life‚ drugs’ laws criminalise teenagers‚ and teens that use drugs will create negative effects on their children. Drugs might be everywhere in our world‚ but we teenagers need to think about our health and our future before accepting the devil’s offers. Drugs destroy teenager’s life; drugs damage the brain’s functions and create hallucinations. Drugs make teenagers
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Even though marijuana is an illegal drug‚ there is only so much the law enforcement can do with the countless amount of people that does not wish to listen so that’s when the American government takes in fighting the supposed evilness of marijuana. As a result‚ it does fry our brain functions‚ such as our memory‚ coordination‚ learning ability‚ to our problem solving. To stay illegal causes‚ us no difference in its use‚ but inflicts
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No on Drug Legalization Everyone will agree that the drug issue in America is prominent. After so many drug related crimes‚ deaths‚ and federal spending‚ debates spur with opposing views in the political arena on how to rectify the problem. One view on solving the problem according to Judge James P. Gray’s proposal is to legalize drugs or as legalization advocates call it "harm reduction." This approach believes that drugs use is inevitable and the only way to solve the drug problem is through
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The Impact of Illegal Immigration on America Many families who were once living the American dream with all the pleasures of life‚ have lost everything due to illegal immigration. Immigrants who have entered the United States illegally‚ and have no documentation with reference of being a citizen are taking minimum wage and part-time jobs from our young adults who are trying to enter the workforce. Due to illegal immigration‚ every single day criminal gangs are roaming our streets‚ hospitals are
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Teenagers and Drugs What is a Drug? A drug is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which‚ when taken into the body‚ alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be legal or illegal and this are described as marijuana‚ hashish‚ cocaine (including crack)‚ heroin‚ hallucinogens‚ inhalants‚ and prescription drugs that are not used for medical purposes. Nowadays drugs are everywhere and it’s becoming more and more used. Drugs are common in teens and
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Drug Trafficking in the United States Sherrae Jackson ENG122: English Composition II Instructor Angela Temple October 1‚ 2012 In my research paper I will be discussing Drug Trafficking in the United States. The illegal drug market in the US is one of the most valuable in the world. It has attracted the most vicious‚ sophisticated‚ and belligerent drug traffickers. The drug law enforcement agencies have come up against a huge challenge in guarding the country’s borders. What is happening to
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Soft drugs should not be legal Drugs have been a problem for the society for a long time and it is still a going subject. Different kinds of organisations work hard to try keeping people from using drugs‚ however a new problem has occurred. During the last years there have been discussions in some European countries to legalise so called soft drugs. Soft drugs usually means cannabis‚ which is the name for drugs made from the plant called “Cannabis Sativa”. Several countries have a very liberal
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