With marijuana they really stress negatives that it can do to your body. This information could be useful for people against the legalization of marijuana. When it comes to the foundation for a drug-free world their strong beliefs on marijuana might convince someone to join their fight against
Drug Trafficking in the United States 03-30-2012 The topic that I have chosen to write my paper about is drug trafficking in the United States. There are a few reasons why I chose to write about drug trafficking in the United States the first reason is because of all the negative effects that it has on the United States as a whole, because it has gotten several friends of my in trouble with the law and dead, and finally because of how most people overlook the importance and severity of drug trafficking. I feel that by writing this paper it will give many people a lot of insight as to what is going on in the United States. That is why I chose to write my paper on drug trafficking in the United States. The claim that
I believe this ancient remedy holds a lot of value and is not given the attention it deserves just like many other mind manifesting and cosmic substances. Our society needs to reevaluate the way we view our ‘most harmful’ drug class because it is absolutely warped and fallacious.” On a less consequential note, Professor Paul Babbitt believes that, “Unless a student has an illness that can be treated with medical marijuana, the passage of Proposition 5 is unlikely to have any effect on the SAU student body.” With these opinions and facts in mind, it is not necessarily important which way each person votes, but it is, however, ideal that students will be accurately informed before
Interest groups are also known to come up with protesting techniques in order to attract media attention (Mintz et al, 2013: 291). The protests and demonstrations are a good example of the protesting techniques used to attract media attention. More specifically, the techniques of mass assembly, blocking traffic, and casseroles used (Sterne, 2012). It has also been common for Interest Groups to pursuit legal action to promote their cause (Mintz et al. 2013: 292).
I saw that the more people were informed about the issues going on in Iraq, people would strike back, such as the Arabians. In various parts of the film there are many clips that show Iraqi people angry and shouting things about the war and so forth. These clip are just examples of the actions that media influences upon their viewers. Like I stated before about the statement that Hassan made, the media will continue to find ways to fuel people with anger, which results them act in violent ways. Government also shapes public opinions through the speeches made as well as the television.
Furthermore, social program budgets will also be drastically decreased if the bill is enacted. It’s ironic because the motives and the results seem to negate each other. With public safety and security as a priority, educating youth to keep them out of the prison system should be the primary goal. Providing healthcare professionals who can educate about proper effects and side effects of illicit drug use, which has proven to work, should be another measure. The funding which the government proposes we spend on tougher enforcement and longer, harsher prison terms could mean a much better education and healthcare system, and greater social benefit
How to tackle the addiction, prevent it and allow people to recover is an ongoing problem. We must look at it symbolically and take responsibility of our social networks and media influence. By breaking it down to the subgroups of a drug culture, changing the unnecessary glamorization by film and music industry. Educational opportunities for lower socioeconomic groups may decrease the need for a dependency on drug dealing. The answers are not easy, the task seems unobtainable, but without an attempt “The Unnecessary Epidemic” continues at a great cost to human beings and our existence.
A “moral panic” starts with an unspeakable tragedy, which sparks an attempt to ascribe blame and responsibility. Framers or activists, fueled with exaggeration of statistics and the strong imagery presented through pop culture and especially the media help define “moral panic”. The most interesting relationship to me that is created by the “moral panic” is the involvement of the media or pop culture. The media in all these articles have a crucial role in escalating the issue as well as pop culture. The movies, literature, and news all have a stake in the phenomenon of serial homicide.
Bennett’s chapter against the legalization of drugs he speculates that the legalization of drugs would remove the criminal stigma that currently labels drug users. Bennett theorizes that a removal of this stigma would take with it the hesitation felt by the majority of people who see no positives in a life of crime. He is talking about every drug which one would agree that such a broad decriminalization would send our country into a downward spiral filled with addicted citizens barely able to function within society. The hard drugs that Bennett describes are in fact a danger to society such drugs like PCP, heroin or crack cocaine. However, he barely touches on the fact of marijuana alone.
LEAP envisions a world in which drug policies work for the benefit of society, keeping our communities safer. To achieve this the organization thinks that legalization and regulation would end violence, reduce crime, disease, protect human rights and lessen the incidence of death. These are people that are either still fighting the war on drugs or at some point were in a position to do so. It actually amazes me that the people that make up the organization of LEAP have been on the front lines of this war and from firsthand experience realize it is not working. They believe by continuing to fight the so called “war on drugs”, the U.S. government has worsened these problems of society instead of alleviating them.