The Impact of Drugs on the criminal justice System The smuggling, distribution, and use of drugs in the United States have a considerable impact on the criminal justice system and its counterparts. Drug use has become one of the main factors for the increase in crime. Individuals that use drugs provide a demand for a product that is illegally marketed. In turn, the public demand for illegal drugs has influenced drug cartels to smuggle drugs into the United States to be sold to lower income and under developed communities. The distribution and use of drugs has led to an increase in arrest and conviction of individuals under economic strain.
Mexican cartels don’t just hurt Mexico. They hurt the United States, Canada, Europe, and Africa. We need to help Mexico stop the cartels. When the cartels bring drugs to our country, more and more people become addicted. Cartels are the suppliers of drugs to gangs in and out of prison.
The article continues on by trying to see what gangs are involved with and their progression of consuming or selling drugs and to sharpen their power to not only the society but to their competitors against the other gangs. According to the textbook, “for example, among California’s Chicano gangs,
What is an example of a drug syndicate? Which events led to the association of organized crime, Prohibition, and drug syndicates? What changes would you have made to prevent this? Explain your answer What are the business interests of organized crime groups? How have these interests evolved over time?
The Mexican drug cartel is very structured although some don’t think they are a true cartel they are. Each cartel in each city such as Tijuana, Culiacan has it’s own leader. They manufacture the drugs methamphetamine, cocaine, and grow the marijuana. They then smuggle it into the United States to the big drug dealers wherever they are. They smuggle it because drugs are a huge demand in the United States and they will obtain more money.
Legalization of marijuana might be a good solution to solve some problems. Legalization would help cripple the cartel in the billion dollar business. It would also allow the State to collect tax on all cannabis items. There would still be attempts to smuggle the narcotic across the border, but would not be as valuable as it is in today’s market. Legalization would also allow officials to concentrate on more allusive drugs such as cocaine, and
First of all, the government would be very pleased with the increase in the increase in taxes of cigarettes since the more people pay, the more taxes the government will collect. That way, the government will have a much higher income as a result of this price rise. On the other hand, consumers will not be pleased by this price rise since the will have to pay much more to buy the product, which means less of their total income. So overall, in the short-run, the tax rise is a very good thing whereas the total income for the government increases, allowing the government to improve the entire well being of the country and provide more public goods and owners make a higher profit. However in the long-run, this price raise is not enough to make people quit smoking so since cigarettes are a demerit good, it will have a negative effect on the environment and it will increase the number of health issues from second hand smoke, not to mention the high unemployment rate and less taxes for the government.
The American Dream was not meant to be corrupt, but during the 1920s, people like Gatsby used organized crime and other immorally wrong ways to gain their wealth. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby shows through his descriptions of the characters that the rich are, in general, morally corrupt. The Ruined American Dream presented in the 1920s is corrupt and focused on getting rich quick.
First of all, illegal immigrants may or may not choose to file personal taxes, but they certainly pay sales taxes. These taxes increase the overall economic situation of many local communities. The smaller the community, the more positive effect an influx of illegal immigrants is going to have on the economy, as they spend money and therefore spend sales tax. They also stimulate the economy by providing stimulation of the workforce. However, illegal immigrants are subject to institutional and societal prejudice for several reasons.
Bennett acknowledges the opinion of the proponents of legalization. He agrees that it could decrease crime, take away profit from the black market, make poor neighborhoods less crime filled, and enable a public war against drugs like we have on alcohol and tobacco. However, he says we must ask ourselves what the potential costs can be of doing something so drastic is. Bennett says, “We do know, however, that wherever drugs have been cheaper and more easily obtained, drug use and addiction has skyrocketed.” He then gives examples of relatable situations to the one that would be brought upon us from drug legalization. He mentions how the British legalized heroine for a short period of time and addiction increased forty fold, and consumption of alcohol increased by three hundred and fifty percent when prohibition ended.