Drug Trafficking in the United States Tameka Zackery ENG.122 Instructor: Vanessa Martin December 6, 2011 Drug trafficking in the United States is a problem that is always in the media. Whenever someone turns the television on to watch the six o’clock news one of the nightly features will be about drugs. It was thought to be a problem that only big cities had but it is worldwide. Drugs are destroying families, robbing people of successful lives, and causing the crime rate to soar. Abby the Ectasy dealer stated (All I’ve ever done is sell to people who wanted to buy.
An American Prejudice: Colombians as Drug Dealers There are different stereotypes around the world, people judge a whole nation only based on the behavior of a couple of its habitants. Drug trafficking became predominant around the end of the 1950’s and the beginning of the 1960’s Colombians being a key group on this business, and as time passed more Colombians were getting arrested due to drugs possession. Therefore, Americans have created a prejudice: Colombians as drug dealers and in order to change this perspective of Americans about Colombians, Colombians themselves should work together and educate some Americans that think this way. There is a way to keep this prejudice from spreading to other American citizens, by educating Americans about the Colombian culture. I would expose this stereotype by presenting the problem and its causes, the prejudice and how it affects Colombians; the counterarguments, is it offensive or not to Americans.
“Marijuana's contraband status is a result of historical accident, racial prejudice, xenophobia, loads of cultural baggage, and an astonishing amount of ignorance”. (Sullum) Jacob Sullum, in “The War Over Weed”, chronicles the history of marijuana within the United States from its appearance with migrant Mexican workers, to its position as a symbol of the rebellious counter culture movements. Sullum talks about Federal Bureau of Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger and his campaign to outlaw marijuana. Sullum also comments on the “Commerce Clause” which enabled the U.S government to micro-manage the affairs of individual states. The outlawing of marijuana has led to an expensive and seemingly futile battle to eliminate the plant and its use.
Eric Schlosser’s Reefer Madness is more than the title reads. The three essays Schlosser has complied explore facets of the U.S. underground economy, or better known as the black market. The first chapter of the book discusses marijuana and the harsh laws of our government, past and present. It goes into great detail of Mark Young’s case which leaves you to realize how strict our government’s drug policies actually are. Schlosser then goes into discussing the callous illegal immigrant labor that takes place in strawberry fields of California.
Drug Trafficking in the United States Jason Reed ENG122 English Composition Instructor McKenna September 23, 2012 Drug Trafficking in the United States Over forty years ago, the world declared the war on drugs. Today, after decades of failing to control drug consumption, the drug problem has emerged and allowed violent drug traffickers to expand their networks and corrupt even more Mexican and American government officials. The use of violence by traffickers against authorities and witnesses represents a major challenge to the neighboring countries as the ultimate guarantor of law and order within their borders. This in turn, has allowed drug cartels to move illegal narcotics freely throughout Mexico in an attempt to smuggle them
Running Head: NARCOTICS Felipe ENG 122 English Composition II 10/15/2012 NARCOTICS Marijuana and Cocaine are the two most smuggled in drugs that come into the United States. The U.S./Mexico border is the primary point of entry for cocaine and Marijuana shipments being smuggled into the U.S. Despite efforts from border police, there are hundreds of pounds of illegal narcotics being smuggled in to the U.S. every day. According to a recent interagency intelligence assessment, approximately 65 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States crosses the Southwest border. U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (2004) As the world’s largest consumer of drugs, it is time for reform
BANG!!!! “Shots fired” or “Officer down” is all so common in our local communities, backyard and nearby school. The war on drug our local officers and drug dealer in our communities. Since early history, drugs have been a major problem in society. As early as the 1960’s and 70’s, our Officers have been dealing with numerous drug lords invading the street of Miami Police officer have been trying to find ways to catch drugs dealers and cleaning out our communities for decades.
Drug Trafficking in United States: Use of Mules During my preliminary search into drug trafficking in the United States, I was shocked to discovered I am living in a high location involved in drug trafficking. Although Texas is identified for many crimes involving the Mexican cartels, one underline fact is the drug trafficking and the use of “mules”. “Mules,” are the use of human or vehicles to transport narcotics into the United States. According to recent reports by the Drug Enforcement Administration or DEA (2012) “recent interagency intelligence assessment approximately 65 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States crosses the Southwest borders with the aid of “mules”. The main reason I choose this topic is due to a recent involvement of a close friend of the family.
According to International Trafficking (2010), victims of human trafficking are traded inside of their own country's border as well as inside of the border of another country. Drug trafficking is another big issue, particularly around the United States borders. According to the New World Encyclopedia (2009), drug trades is a production of the black market. In some parts of the world, trading drugs is not enforced among all people. There is a large profit that can result from drug trafficking, which could be one of the reasons behind the crime not always being viewed under a zero tolerance policy.
They were like gangs but instead of being about power and crime they were al about drugs and money. One of the largest drug cartels is the Mexican drug cartel. The Mexican drug cartel is known for being murderous, dangerous, and remarkably effective at smuggling large quantites of illegal drugs into the united states. (Lacey 2009). The Mexican drug cartel is very structured although some don’t think they are a true cartel they are.