Drugs in America Since the times of silent films, movies have been used to depict American society

The numbers speak loud and clear. This was part of the effects that where brought about by this epidemic, the growing use of the drug. Crack cocaine pierced through urban neighborhoods; its roots were tightly griped in Los Angeles California’s black neighborhoods (Webb “Dark Alliance; War…”). In effect, the growing use of cocaine in the US brought fort new types of profit and purpose for the drug trafficking industry; thus the emergence of crack cocaine on American soil, especially through the explosion in LA. This was due to a link between these areas drug dealers and the Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense (FDA), know as the Contras here in the US (Webb “Dark Alliance; the Shadowy…”). The Contras imported the cocaine through one man, Oscar Danilo Blandon (Webb “Dark Alliance; the Shadowy…”). The Contras revolution against the socialist establishment in Nicaragua was being funded by the drug trafficking industry in other words (Webb “Dark Alliance; the Shadowy…”), and this ius when a chain effect begins. The chains of effects begin in Nicaragua, but ultimately it ends and harbors itself in the US within its urban neighborhoods. The CIA was involved with the Contras is one way or another, this is where the conspiracy theories begin (Webb “Dark Alliance; the Shadowy…”). Supposedly in the most extreme conclusion of them all is that the CIA was allowing the Contras to import and deliver all their cocaine, in order for them to find the monetary means for their

Throughout the years the DEA has done many operations in the United States and in foreign countries. During the 1960s drugs were becoming a serious problem in the United States. Drugs began to spread throughout the nation forcing the government to turn their focus on helping the prevention of this problem. The drug enforcement administration was fairly new in the early 1970s, but started right away in capturing many drug traffickers. On January of 1974, the DEA

Looking at the socially or culturally history of the United States, many historians use Hollywood films as a primary source. I also used many films such as Easy Rider (1969) or Dance, Girl, Dance (1941) to support my historical thesis paper and to make the topic more vivid by using the images of the film. Even though, some people think that films are accurate and authentic in its depiction, it is important to mention that films are still fictional. Directors and actors are responsible to make us believe their story, but this story does not have to be necessarily true. In that way, fictional films cannot be used as historical evidence in terms of how things looked like during that specific

Introduction - Use of psychoactive substances for recreational purposes is not a radically new social issue. In fact, history tells us that almost every society had their own pharmacopeia of herbs, potions, and substances that not only contributed to healing, but also allowed the user to escape reality (Schules 1992, 4-5). However, it is the contemporary use of psychoactive drugs purchased through illicit or illegal channels and used by persons neither prescribed nor in quantities larger than necessary that defines modern drug abuse (Robins 2006). Prior to World War I, substances like morphine, heroin, and cocaine were available in the major American cities, particularly those with active international ports. For instance, when Chinese immigrants were first imported to work in the mines and railroads during the early 1800s, they brought opium to America. It was the leisure class, who began to experiment with this drug, and, as in Europe, many major U.S. cities had so-called opium dens. In addition, there were a substantial number of "society women" who ended up addicted because their doctor prescribed this drug to deal with female histrionics or to "cure" an excessive sexual appetite (Johnson 2002). Within major cities, this problem began to spill over into other groups: prostitutes, child laborers, orphans, and even men and women of lower social classes seeking to escape the harshness of their lives (Courtwright 2002, 3-19). Between the widespread use and general

The Drug Enforcement Administration or the DEA is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice. The DEA was created to stop drug smuggling and the use of drugs in the United States. It was created by President Richard Nixon through an Executive Order in July of 1973. President Nixon created it as a response to what he had declared was “an all-out global war on the drug menace”. It took many months for the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. State Senate to look over all the testimonies on President Nixon’s plan to create one single federal agency to have control over the government’s drug control activities and was approved.

The DEA actually stands for, “the Drug Enforcement Administration” this administration was created in 1973 by President Richard Nixon (DEA). The Drug Enforcement Administration was created to have greater impact on stopping drug deals and any type of drug distribution within the United States. Many people believe the DEA is separate from the other law enforcement agencies, but the Criminal Justice System all comes together to prevent any drug related incidents and stop them whichever way that they can.

In the article, “Medellin Cartel: Why We Can’t Win the Drug War,” the author, Robert Filippone, suggests that the corruption in Colombia is due to many people profiting from the Medellin Cartel. The cartel’s operations extended beyond the production and transportation of cocaine and included people not directly involved in drug smuggling, such as chemists, engineers, architects, and aviation pilots. The enormous profits from narcotics trafficking provided financial benefits to many segments of Colombian society. Although I acknowledge the fact that there was, and still is, corruption in Colombia, there are many positive aspects of Colombia that Narcos fails to

Nixon began to compose and organize new ideas in order to control and resolve the rapid increase in drug use. In doing so, the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE) was created on January 28th, 1972 which marked the beginning steps to creating the DEA (“Drug Enforcement Administration” 6). The main purpose in enacting ODALE was to effectively manage and decrease the buying and selling of heroin on the streets. The success of ODALE aided in diminishing and handling street drug dealers and prompted the establishment of the DEA.

The United States continually points to the suppliers of the narcotics and foreign mafia bosses who run organizations as the primary causes of the difficulty of the War. It is portrayed by the media that Latin American countries just do not seem to understand the responsibility of the War. Still, according to Jesus Blancornelas, major apprehensions of drug lords have for the most part been carried out by foreign policing forces. The United States has invested time, energy and military power in upholding the rhetoric of the War on Drugs. The United States commands the largest demand of the narcotics that are produced in foreign countries. The efforts to thwart and rid society of the drug epidemic have fallen short of success. Still billions and billions of dollars are still annually budgeted towards the fight. The United States has “fought” narcotics with the establishment of many government agencies and the creation of international programs to seek, detain and prevent the flow of drugs. Still the (Drug Enforcement Agency) DEA, the CIA and even Military forces have done little to end the constant supply of drugs to the United States. The cartels, organizations and Mafias that have emerged to ensure the supply of narcotics, still remain unchallenged by the United States. The powerful and ruthless cartels and drug lords have emerged as a reaction to the United States organized corruption. While the

In the late 1960s, the “New Hollywood” era approached a new style of filming geared towards different generations of people. Leading up to new Hollywood, the 1960s brought devastation to the film industry. With the massive production of televisions along with the migration of millions to suburbs away from the cities, movie theaters lost their popularity very quickly. Fewer films were being made, thus hurting Hollywood in every way possible. However, as the late 1960s approached, the new Hollywood era arose with new ways to attract movie-goers once more.

The major conflict in Colombia is the civil war with insurgent groups, as time went the conflict worsens and new issues were added a result to the civil war in Colombian such as drug traffic, paramilitaries, common crime, poverty, and unemployment. However, the civil war in Colombia affects directly the U.S government interest; as a consequence, that, the insurgent groups in Colombia have as a major financial resource the drug traffic. Therefore, the high position of Colombia in the global production of cocaine and heroin has long been a U.S major concern to its national interest, since U.S has been one of the most cocaine consumers, affecting most of youth population and enriching the Colombian’s illicit groups.

Within American borders, directly before and after the Panama Invasion, President Ronald Reagan started and pushed for a “Drug-Free America”, initiating the “War on Drugs”. Created in 1973, the Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, was facing an uphill battle in its beginning because “at no time before or since has drug use as socially acceptable as it was during the 1970’s” (Knight). The DEA was stationing itself at borders,

“Has anyone seen molly?” is the question hip-hop icon TYGA asks his fans on his new single. Two of the biggest medical risk that the usage of molly includes is dehydration and over-hydration. In some cases the man-made drug has proven to cause seizures or even be fatal. Unlike today, past hip-hop artists are notorious for their efforts to distribute drugs; however, in present culture it is more common for an artist to promote his or her drug usage. Not to mention, this kind of behavior results in the most dangerous trends that start amongst the youth. Today hip-hop culture is far more destructive than ever before, and it is necessary for music to take new direction before it is too late. Even after the death of some of the biggest icons, entertainers

“Plata o Plomo,” the infamous Spanish phrase that translates to, silver or lead, “money or bullet”. An infamous line used by the most powerful drug lord ever that offered the options of either taking a bribe or murder to get things done in his way. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, drug lord, kingpin, murderer, narco-terrorist, a loving father, hero and a savior for the poor people. Depending on whom you ask, Pablo was either a good guy, a bad guy, or both. Pablo was the boss of a billion dollar Cocaine Empire who murdered and bribed the police so that he could export cocaine to The United States. Regardless of his violent actions and his psychopathic attitude, Pablo was a

In my opinion, a lot of American movies contain nudity or sexual scenes, violence, harsh language or drug abuse. In some cases an American movie will contain all of these subjects, and the result of that would be an R rated film. If I had never been to America and saw a film that contained two or more of these themes then I would probably make some concussions of my own on what and American is and what their values or culture is like. However, it all depends on what the movie theme is. For example in comedies, depending on the rating, I would conclude that Americans are funny and probably don’t take things to seriously. If the comedy were super unintelligent (like the movie sausage party which is rated R) I would think that Americans are