With out the knowledge of how Polio was spread, isolation became standard. Doctors were in a race to discover a vaccine, and many of the first attempts were more than failures. At the crest of the epidemic in Minneapolis, the fear that gripped the residents was palpable. The streets, restaurants and stores mirrored that of a ghost town. People actually just packed up their life and moved away.
As crack cocaine use continues, the effects felt from the drug continue to get more severe. User’s who continuously abuse crack cocaine begin experiencing feelings such as cravings, obsessions and higher tolerances, symptoms that characterizes a serious addiction. Long-term crack cocaine effects seem much more severe than short-term Grimes 2 effects. Restlessness, mood change, irritability, auditory hallucinations, extreme paranoia, and addiction are lasting emotional and mental effects to the user. In addition, the feeling of worthlessness is another emotional long-term effect of crack cocaine use.
The migration of others into this country by illegal means has risen astonishingly. This act leads to higher crime rates in larger metropolitan areas. These immigrants are responsible for a significant percentage of trafficking, both human and drug. This is just the beginning of the issues that affect the criminal justice system. Many organized crimes have evolved from illegal immigrants, not to mention the bridge that has enabled cross-border terrorism.
My cousin has shamed many of us by stealing, lying, prostituting, and many other acts I care not to share. So, this topic has influenced me to research and find information that can help individuals such as my cousin. A research study called the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) is to fund substance abuse policy research that can help reduce the harm caused by the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in the United States. The morbidity and mortality from tobacco use, alcohol abuse, and other drugs are staggering, as are the direct and indirect costs to society. These costs include violence, crime, overburdened service systems, reduced productivity, and higher health care
al, 2003). A2. Epidemiologically, the rapid spread of the virus can be attributed to health care workers being infected before they were aware to take precautionary measures and international routes of travel affecting large amounts of people in close quarters by carriers who were unaware they were infected (Sampathkumar et. al, 2003). According to the World Health Organization (2003) the most infectivity was from people experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness and declining health (World Health Organization, 2003).
Error is something that every police officer has to learn from when it comes to being in a very hectic and unpredictable field. I believe there are many problems that law enforcement is going to have to deal with, for example drugs, corruption and personal health issues. When it comes to drugs I believe that this issue is only going to get much worse because everyday people are coming up with new and crazy stuff. Just last month we heard of a new drug called “bath salts” and a couple of days later we here of a person eating the face of another person because they were high on this new drug, the person doing the eating was shot to death by officers because there was no controlling him. Drugs are very dangerous but so it is understandable
Federal Crack Vs. Powder Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines: Why poor and minority populations are being denied their 14th amendment rights. Introduction to the Problem, Overview and History of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic With the explosion of crack cocaine during the early 1980’s came a whirlwind of complications for society as a whole and the African American community in particular. This new, inexpensive version of cocaine, made the drug readily available to an entirely new social class. In doing so it received massive media attention labeling the drug as hyper-addictive and violence inducing. Due in part to the media propaganda, congress was forced into action early on in the epidemic.
They highlight the various problems that globalisation entails such as the erosion of culture, the population exodus, the exploitation of children and women, the occurrence of sweatshops, the propagation of diseases, and pollution. Easy travelling makes the risk of disease spreading greater. A case in point is the pandemic of H1N1 that has spread all over the world, and that have even provoked the death of some local people. Globalisation was considered to be the catalyst in the propagation of this virus. Nowadays, many people tend to migrate to other countries and this phenomenon is also one of the effects of globalisation.
Drug Trafficking in the United States from Mexico Drug trafficking in the United States and Mexico is a huge problem for the United States because it has a negative impact on other areas in society such as crime rates. The government needs to find a solution to better control drug trafficking because it claims lives and destroys families. Research shows Marijuana and Cocaine are the top two most illegally abused drugs in the United States. James Gray (2001) points out: Not only is this drug-money corruption problem of enormous concern in its own right, but additional lawless behavior often is derived from it as well. For example, the entire southern California area was shocked in September 1999 when a former officer of the Rampart Division
The increase in violent crime by youth is an alarming trend that has many contributing factors. An environment where violence is fed to our youth daily from all avenues including, home, school, and the media can only reinforce the concept of violence as the answer to our problems. Who has the answer for such dramatic damage in our society? Experts who have studied youthful offenders state that most of them grew up in broken and abusive families marked by drugs and alcohol, violence and mental illness. Abuse at such an early age can lead to aggression and violence (The New York Times, 2000).