War on Drugs
“Drug abuse is a serious problem, both for individual citizens and society at large, but the ‘war on drugs’ has made matters worse.” The prohibitionist approach to the war on drugs, just like the temperance movement of the 1830’s on alcohol, is not effective and even counterproductive. There are three major problems with enforcing the prohibition laws in the current war on drugs that were also present during the temperance movement. Our government is trying to take an active role in limiting the sale and use of drugs in America, but the laws they enforce actually rebirth many of the same problematic outcomes that happened during the temperance movement. Making the drugs illegal has stimulated a bla
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Approximate Word count = 512
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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