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    meningococcus and the diphtheria bacillus, that had played humanities. Prior to the discovery of Penicillin, Sulfa drugs were used during World War II. These drugs were name as the “wonder drug”. Although they’re still used today, Sulfa drugs were used to cure bacterial infections such as UTIs and gonorrhea. The new found drug penicillin, would cure millions and replace the use of Sulfa drugs. In 1929 Fleming published his findings to a British Journal of Experimental Pathology, referencing that penicillin

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    to World War II then just soldiers battling in the front lines.Soldiers were also battling for their lives due to infections and diseases. Although when most people think about World War 2 they think about the Nazis, the Holocaust, or Pearl harbor, behind the scenes medicine was part of what kept us running. Soldiers relied on medicine heavily during World War two and the need for treatments were great causing a rush on medical advances. A lot of the medical advances made during World War 2 would

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    incentive to join the war on drug. Police departments begin targeting areas known for drugs, increasing arrests for drug related offences. Buying law enforcement, enforcement was the key not treatment for drug users. This led to an increase in funding invested into corrections. Unlike Nixon, Reagans approach to the war on drug was,drug users are bad people, and instead of creating treatment program for prisoners, lengthy prison terms was the solution to deal with the drug epidemic that soar during

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    viewpoints, share a desire to reduce the unintended costs of the war on drugs. The Count the Costs project aims to highlight the negative impacts of the war on drugs in seven key policy areas: Development and Security; Public health; Human Rights; Stigma and Discrimination; Crime; The Environment; and Economics. The project calls upon world leaders and UN agencies to quantify the unintended negative consequences of the current approach to drugs, and assess the potential costs and benefits of alternative

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    The Private Prison System War on drugs and Mass Incarceration A private prison or for-profit prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is contracted by a government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or monthly rate, either for each prisoner in the facility or for each place available, whether occupied or not. Such contracts may be for

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    the emperor that is this country's war on drugs is not only naked to the world, but that its body is festering with the sores of moral decay and corruption. In the governor's own words, "The drug problem

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    Illegal narcotic drugs represent a $60 billion market in the U.S., and this year alone the State and Federal governments will each spend roughly $20 billion in attempting to stifle this market. The amount of money involved in the drug trade, substantially inflated due to prohibition, makes both systemic corruption and violence inevitable. The illegal drug trade is a sophisticated international network, and while no nation’s involvement is limited to one economic function, one relationship is crystal

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    Effects of the United States Failed War on Drugs Policy Hector Arreola SSCI 306 MWF 10:40-11:50 AM March 14, 2012                               Abstract The “War on Drugs” policy has been the approach by the United States to protect citizens from the harmful effects of illegal drugs. The article examines the failures of the war on drug policy has had on society, such as, increasing violence, increasing the prison population, increased

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    less than 15 percent of overall amount of individuals to try this particular drug have become addicted (12). Given that meth is viewed socially as a drug that causes dependence after just one use, Hart’s finding alludes to deeper explanation for the determinant between use and

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    The war on drugs has been a well-intentioned failure. The world’s desire was to keep people away from dangerous substances and to eliminate the violent practices of the drug producers and distributors. Instead of the war on drugs achieving its objectives of eliminating violent crime and reducing a number of people were taking drugs, the war has mainly just resulted in a dramatic increase prison population with little effect on the supply side of this illegal industry. Statistics collected by the

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