Steroids unlike street drugs like cocaine heroine have bona fide medical uses but they are outlawed if not prescribed. Possession of steroids is punishable by imprisonment and a fine. If steroids are treated and outlawed the same way crack and heroine is, it must be a very dangerous drug. (Liptak N.Y. Times) What is more alarming is the physical damage it does to your body. There are many side effects that go along with the use of steroids.
College football has the same issues the small players or walk on are more prone to taking steroids to catch up with the big name players, which makes the stakes and the competition a lot more interesting and heated. Great competition is what makes sports in general the most televised and recognized profession in the world. So Why change the best part of sports overall? Why not let the little guy get the
Someone had to be making all of this illegal alcohol, and prohibition gave many small to medium time crooks the oppurtunity to build their crime empire. Many syndicates grew from the profits of brewing alcohol. Helping this along, was the popular dislike of prohibition. Many corrupt cops helped protect big crime bosses by being paid off, and lots of people were willing to join in the big "mobs". This created a time of fear for suburban citizens, as the bosses would do anything to keep their businesses protected, including hurting innocent people, black mail, firebombing.
Looking beyond the records and stats there are taking the value away from professional sports. “The reason steroids are considered cheating is because they work so well. So many ballplayers used them. This can be shown by the massive amount of jokes about “big heads, small balls,” a common side effect of steroid use, and the vehemence of the national polls quoted earlier. For fans to say that anyone testing positive should be thrown out of the sport is quite harsh, considering that there are arrests of ballplayers all the time for a variety of other drug use charges and crime, and none of them are thrown out on the first offense.
We all have people we don’t like but we probably didn’t give them enough time. “’If you wait long enough people will surprise and impress you.”’ (155). There’s more people than we realize in our lives that can help us, just give them more time to show themselves. We shouldn’t worry that much about what people think about us because we should be happy with ourselves and it wastes our time. “If nobody ever worried about what was in other people’s heads, we’d all be 33% more effective in our lives and our jobs.” (141).
Speakeasies were establishments that illegally sold alcohol. This secret of speakeasies made people a lot of money and they became known as bootleggers. Many crime figures began to emerge at this time such as Al Capone and George Anastasia. With organized crime now in the New York area, things started to get chaotic as more gangs and mafias emerged. Many of these groups engaged in illegal activity such as selling drugs, trafficking, gambling, and even murder.
The percentages of the people that are arrested in New Orleans are young African American Males. Now are all them all committing horrible crimes like murder? Well some are, but instead of these crooked cops trying to do undercover work they should be stopping the real problems. Many of New Orleans police officers are not in it for the safety of our city. There polices officers that arrested men with weed just to keep it and sell it back to another drug dealer so that they make money off of it.
The drug cartels attacks upon the Mexican military and police alone are extremely disturbing. An article covering the war depicts a vivid picture of the violence stating “Brutality has become a type of game for some of the organizations, which have begun rolling heads onto crowded dance floors, strapping skinned faces onto soccer balls, and leaving clear signs of torture on corpses” (Gray para.11). American military grade weapons are also being smuggled into Mexico at an alarming rate, suggesting that the war should not only be focused on drugs. According to writer Peter Katel, “The ATF estimates that 90% of gangs weapons come from north of the border” and “The Mexican Government estimates that up to 2,000 weapons a day crosses the border” (1014). The violence also has eye opening statistics of the increasing death rate stemming from the war.
Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the civilization, manufactures, distributions and sales of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws (UNODC intro). This has become a growing problem in the world today; most people think it is a fast and easy way to make money, but not paying attention to the consequences that come along with the situation. Money serves as a major factor in the war on drugs. The money that results from drug trafficking seems a primary reason why controlling illegal drugs, or banning them in that case, poses as a difficult task. There are many risks when it comes to dealing drugs, no matter what kind of drug you are selling you are liable to end up in jail right along with the murders, and the rapist (Jake, 2006).
Drug trafficking is a serious and frightening business. Drug trafficking has a huge effect on the government the safety of the people. The United States is doing everything it can to stop drug trafficking. Each year the exchange of money and blood are given trade for drugs, we’re left with many unanswered questions. Drug trafficking is an epidemic in the world not just the United States.