Essay On Crank

Drug courts are problem solving courts that take a public health approach using a specialized model in which the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service, and treatment communities work together to help addicted offenders into long-term recovery. Drug courts began in 1989 in Florida, because it was assumed that people that had first time offenses with drugs, or low-level drug users could resist future drug use by this intervention than sending them to get locked up without any treatment. It was also assumed that the quicker treatments began after the initial arrest, the less time

Crank a novel written by Ellen Hopkins. The events that occur in the story are loosely based off of events that befell the author's daughter, as she tells in her authors not “While this work is fiction, it is loosely based on a very true story- my daughters.” The novel Crank begins with an introduction to the main character Kristina, and Bree her alter ego. Kristina then speaks of her trip to visit her father. While visiting her father she meets a boy named Adam, or “Buddy”, who gets her addicted to drugs and brings out “Bree”. “Bree” is the most self-destructive personality traits of Kristina. Kristina spends the rest of the book either giving into “Bree” or fighting her. In the end, Kristina's’ better side wins when she is impregnated by

Many different states have begun sending nonviolent drug offenders to various kinds of drug treatment program the state offers. By doing this, it has significantly reduced the problems with overcrowding. If an individual is arrested and charged with simple possession of a drug and no other crime is being commented, then this person is doing no harm to anyone else. They should be given the opportunity to try and make a change in their life and beat the addiction. Instead, if this person is thrown into jail, they are still going to be an addict with a criminal record now and will not be able to be a contributing member of society. (Everett 1 ).

In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, drug use became a major concern for most Americans. As the War on Drugs and “Just Say No” campaign were being thrust into the spotlight by the government and media, the public became more aware of the scope of drug use and abuse in this country. The federal and states’ governments quickly responded by creating and implementing more harsh and punitive punishments for drug offenses. Most of these laws have either remained unchanged or become stricter in the years since then.

Crystal abusers become so heavily reliant on the drug that they will go to any extreme to get more- including violent crimes. Due to the manor in which meth is produced the users have no way of knowing what is actually in the product. Along the distribution path the product is cut- to increase profit by creating more product, which puts the user at increased risk of danger. Which brings out many questions, such as: why start, why continue and most of all, why not just quit?

Introduction to topic: At 19 Ronald Evans got life in prison without parole for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine. Scott Earle got 25 years in Prison for providing an informant at a bar with a hook up for painkillers, even though the judge agreed the punishment did not fit the crime. Timothy Tyler, a 25 years old who had long struggled with schizophrenia and addiction was caught distributing LSD at a grateful dead concerts and was sentenced to life in prison because of two previous drug related misdemeanors.

The addiction of methamphetamine amongst juvenile’s and adults has reached epidemic proportions that affect the individual, families and communities. Methamphetamine abuse has crossed all social economic boundaries that have negatively impacted law enforcement, social and clinical services. According to Anglin, Burke, Perrochet, Stamper and Dawud-Noursi (2000), methamphetamine, also known as meth, crystal, or speed, is a substance that affects the central nervous system creating a stimulant effect that can be injected, smoked, snorted, or ingested orally. Individuals who use meth for an extensive period of time tend to become addicted and will likely need to continue to use meth at high levels for its effects to continue to provide the euphoric symptoms and sensations. Anglin, et al, also describe methamphetamine as a derivative of amphetamine, this form of amphetamine was often used for medication purposes in the 1950’s and 1960’s to treat symptoms of depression and obesity. Durell, Kroutil, Crits-Christoph, Barchha, and Van Brunt (2008), also stated that illicit methamphetamine use is a public health concern in the United States with an increase use among teens and young adults in the 1990s. The Mental Health Services Administration conducted a national survey on meth use in the United States and found that currently as least a half a million of Americans used or have used methamphetamine. Meth use is an epidemic that is slowly becoming a destructive

Most of us would agree that drug abuse and addiction is no respecter of persons. Regardless of age, race, gender, or economic status drug addiction can rear its ugly head in any situation. Like most Americans, I have personally been affected by the pitfalls of drug addiction from relatives and friends. Therefore, I have witnessed firsthand the devastation that it leaves on family members, friends, and the communities, in which they reside. Since its inception in 1986 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, as caused more harm than good. At the start of this Act, Congress implemented maximum drug quantities initially targeted at “serious” and “major” drug traffickers. Congress concluded that 500 grams of powder cocaine would trigger a five-year mandatory minimum, and five kilograms would trigger a ten-year mandatory minimum. However, for crack cocaine the triggering quantities were significantly less. Only five grams of crack cocaine would prompt five-years and just fifty grams to prompt a ten-year sentence. This massive gap became known as the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity. Soon after several states began to legislate sentencing disparities between powder cocaine and crack cocaine into their criminal codes. The original targets of

may be sentenced to lengthy jail terms. This is an abuse of drug laws in a great nation. The

In the case of State ex rel. Blouin v. Walker, 244 La. 699 (La. 1963), the inmates based their petitions on Robinson, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11721 violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments in that it was interpreted to punish the mere status of addiction even though resulting involuntarily. The appellate court distinguished La. Rev. Stat. Ann § 40:962 A, as denouncing a series of acts committed intentionally or voluntarily. Section 40:962(A) did not punish the mere status or condition of addiction, which might possibly result unintentionally or involuntary. Further, the Louisiana law provided for medical treatment, whereas the California enactment did not. None of the inmates were originally imprisoned; instead, immediately after conviction each was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation with instructions to accept medical assistance. They were incarcerated only after violating some condition of the suspension.

Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a fiction novel depicting the life of a drug addict. A teenage girl named Bree goes on a trip to visit her estranged father, where she begins going on a downward spiral after being introduced to a new life full of love, drugs, and bad choices. When Bree arrives back home, she realizes she must choose between the normal life she has always known and her growing addiction to crank. She continues to feed her addiction, both with drugs and boyfriends. Her long series of terrible decisions lead her to make an extraordinary choice that will change her life forever.

Drug abuse is shown to be connected to all different kinds of crime in the United States, and in many circumstances, crime is inspired by drug abuse and addiction. In fact, 80% of criminal offenders abuse drugs or alcohol (National Association of Drug Court Professionals). Also, 60% of those who are arrested test positive for illicit drugs when they are arrested, and 60-80% commit another crime, typically drug-related, after leaving prison (National Association of Drug Court Professionals). And, even after these individuals put in the time in prison that would allow them to go through the uncomfortable process of detoxing, 95% of them will chose to go back to drug abuse after prison (National Association of Drug Court Professionals). Given these overwhelming statistics, it is clear that drug abuse, and repeated or continued drug abuse, are a serious problem facing the criminal justice system.

Today different measures are being employed as forms of punishments other than serving time in jail. Fallon was placed on probation for having drugs in his possession. However he is placed in the drug court program due to his addiction. This program keeps drug addicts under treatment for a long time as a punishment as well as a way of assisting him to cope with his problem. Brian was also found with drug possession but unlike Fallon he was place on parole. Later on he is enrolled into a stepped care program to assist him deal with his addiction. Stepped care program mostly deals with treating the mental health of the drug addicts and other patients (O'Donohue and Draper, 2011).

Those incarcerated today are not given the chance to change their behavior patterns, especially when it is in regard to drug addiction. The criminal justice system in general does not consider drug abuse as anything but a crime and does not think about treating the disease of addiction in order to reduce or eliminate the crimes that come as a

Harary, Rabie, and Varadi are successful and young entrepreneurs and founders of Spin Master. Since their start-up company had been facing the unique and ill-structured problems, they needed to take heuristic problem-solving as solution. It leaded them to become more non-programmed decisions type.