Ever wonder why the United States is building more prisons than schools or why the United States has the largest inmate population in the world even though the U.S. accounts for 5% of the world population or why gang violence is increasing? The War on Drugs has been the cause of major casualties in our society. Most of the casualties are innocent people or drug users whose life has been greatly impacted by the War. This prohibition of drugs is the cause of many problems that plague our society. The War on Drugs has failed in many different aspects in our society, and the War on Drugs must be stopped.
The War on Drugs is not an actual war. It is the policies and laws that the government uses to try to limit drug production and use. These policies include laws that ban drug paraphernalia, harsher penalties, mandatory sentences, and increased police power.
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Sailors on USS Rentz (FFG 46) combat a fire set by...The United States spends billions every year on the drug war. Drug use or reported drug use has become grounds for loss of employment, denial of education, housing, welfare assistance, seizure of children by the state, and confiscation of property. The government has mandatory sentences for drug possession which is the reason why so much of our prisons are overcrowded. These mandatory sentences force judges to use fixed sentences to individuals convicted of a crime, regardless of fault or other mitigating factors. These mandatory sentences depend on the type of drug, how much did you have, and if you had prior convictions. Many addicts of drugs are going to prison where not much help is provided to deal with their addiction. Instead of receiving treatment in the form of rehabilitation programs, they are going to prison. In addition, when the drug users get out of prison there...