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Drug Law Reform
Daniel Lee
Mrs. Pugh
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Current Drug Policies
• Ridiculous • Drug levels need rescheduling• Offence changes based upon amount of illegal substances
in possession
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Prisons
• Overpopulated• Costly to operate
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Money
• Government is missing out on a large profit margin• The USA is wasting money on supporting failing policies
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Law Enforcement
• Current laws are enforced differently depending on state although laws are on the federal level
• Use lethal force when it’s uncalled for
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International Trade
• Drug import cannot be stopped no matter which precautions are taken
• Most illegal substances travel across international waters from European and South American countries
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Deaths
• Legal drugs cause more deaths than all illegal drugs combined every year
• Some illegal drugs are impossible to overdose on
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Prohibition
• Extremely ineffective• Causes higher drug cost• Artificially inflates drug value
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Other Countries Drug Laws
• Scheduling varies country to country• Prosecution for possession in other countries is often less
harsh than in America
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Offenders
• Most are non-violent, first time offenders• Often jailed for possession alone• Arrest of drug law offenders rises each year
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Drug Importing
• Although USA only has 4% of the world population, it imports the most illegal substances
• More offenders are being caught yearly, yet the amount of illegal substances imported continue to rise
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Political Funding
• D.A.R.E. program is sponsored by alcohol and tobacco companies
• Industries such as Philip Morris USA pay for advertising against illegal drugs