Throughout history there has never been a society without drugs. From our ancestors use of psychotropic drugs like marijuana and mushrooms, to wine and ales in the Greek and Roman Empires, and to our modern use of alcoholic spirits, to expect a “Drug Free America” is unrealistic. There has always been drug usage and probably always will be. It seems to fulfill a fundamental need in the human experience (Miron, 2000). This paper‘s aim is to compare our “War on Drugs” to Prohibition in the 1920’s.
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SS222 Ideologically driven crime control strategies are responsible for some of the world’s greatest criminological mistakes? Discuss in relation alcohol in the 1920’s. Alcohol prohibition was introduced in America throughout the period of 1920s – 1933. Prohibition was known as a ‘noble experiment’, and was undertaken for several reasons that were seen to improve society. Prohibition was intended to reduce crime and corruption within the USA, as well as solve problems and reduce tax burdens that were created by prisoners and poor houses (Thornton, M.1991).
(2011). Marketing Violence in Mexico's Drug War. NACLA Report on the Americas, 44(3), 31-33. Retrieved October 23, 2013, from the Academic Search Premier database. Kellner, T., & Pipitone, F. (2012).
Christina De Graff Due: 10-11-12 Freedom Essay Period 2 Freedom has been limited for many different reasons throughout history. Arthur Miler wrote The Crucible to express his feelings on how freedom was being limited during the Red Scare. The Red scare wasn’t the first period where freedom started to be limited, but it was also not the last. The freedom of people is still limited today and will be limited in the future. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible not only as a book to read for entertainment, but also an informational read on the Red Scare and McCarthyism.
The source is from a modern book named ‘Britain and Ireland, from Home Rule to Independence’ and so you could argue the source is to be given some validity however given that it is a modern text you could question some of the information it presents as it is not a primary source of information. The source suggests that Asquith’s policy and attitude was not proactive enough, therefore criticising his methods. The source states that this as well as his ‘blunder’ of including Ulster in the Home Rule Bill of 1912, which subsequently caused the first and immediate threat of Civil War in Ireland was just some of the error. This source therefore supports this view to a great extent because of this evidence. Source 8 does not support this view, however the only evidence supporting it being that tensions between Nationalists and Unionists was high and that because of their differences Ireland was preparing for a Civil War, as suggested by source 7.
Zinn disputes Henry Kissinger's statement: "History is the memory of states" because he proceeded to tell the history of of 19th century Europe from the viewpoint of the leaders of Austria and England instead of the millions who suffered from those satemen’s policies. From his perspective peace that Europe once had was now restored but for those everywhere except in the upper class it was a world of violence, hunger and so much more. 5. Zinn's basic criticism of historian Samuel Eliot Morison's book, Christopher Columbus, Marineris that although he mentions the truth about Columbus he quickly goes on to cover other things more important to him and not put much emphasis or importance to the truth. Samuel Eliot in Zinn’s perspective covers up the truth with non-important facts misleading readers to think that “yes, mass murder took place, but it’s not that important.” 6.
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Orientalism and World History: Representing Middle Eastern Nationalism and Islamism in the Twentieth Century By Edmund Burke, III University of California, Santa Cruz Theory & Society , 27:4 (August 1998), 589-607 "The problem with Europe is that it has forgotten its history, most of which takes place outside its borders." -Salman Rushdie Framing the Present Time (I) This is a essay about framing, about contextualization. It seeks to situate the political and cultural transitions the modern Middle East has undergone in this century in their world historical contexts, the better to help us understand the meanings of the present shift to Islamist forms of politics in the region. It is my contention that scholars have misunderstood the world historical significance of the emergence of nationalism in the area, that they have misconstrued its relationship to orientalism and to the European enlightenment more generally, and (as a result) largely misunderstood the nature of the Islamist challenge. In many ways my reflections here spring from a dissatisfaction with the inadequacies (both epistemological and world historical) of the ways in which some critics of orientalism have located modernity.