Illegal drugs

In the news you hear stories of how another black male have been sent to prison. Why? He was selling drugs. A petty crime like that gets a black male at least 10 years in prison. Whereas, a white male selling drug gets probation. African American is portrayed as thugs who sell drugs and are always in the streets terrorizing people. Like, in the article, THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MEN, by Joshua Dubois. This man named Joe lived in a black typical life style. HE was fatherless. At a young age, he started

refugees to form a group of their own. The new gang became known as the Mara Salvatrucha Stoners (MS Stoners). The gang begins as a group who was all about smoking week and having a good time. Over time, they started to grow and aggressively sell drugs. In doing this they, imposed on the Mexican gang’s territory. In the summer of 1990, a fight broke out between the two gangs and a member of the MS Stoners was shot. This started a war between the two groups. The war escalated and became so violent

Imagine if there were no more gangs roaming the streets. There would be less violence and less reasons for mothers to be worried. This may sound impossible, but this can be reality if we take the proper steps in fixing the problem. We have to focus on the starting point of gangs, we have to find out why people join gangs in the first place. We need to focus on the young people and providing them more opportunities to better themselves instead of lowering themselves. If we pay attention to the youth

ghetto. Chiron returns home to a barred-window apartment complex. He is merely a child who has no control over his home, so this situation speaks more upon his mother, Paula. After a few days of being introduced, she sells the television set to use for drug money. To take a bath, Chiron heats the water on the stove and uses dish soap. It is obvious that this family is a stereotypical low class family. In the second chapter, “ii. Chiron,” Paula in a similar situation, but a smaller, more run down apartment

third peace process had begun. The agenda for negotiation in May of 1999 included a variety of different topics, focusing on 12 main issues and 48 sub-issues. These issues included: “human rights, agrarian policy (the distribution of lands bought with drug money and the substitution of illicit crops), natural resources, the revision of the economic and social development model, reform of the Justice system and the state, accords on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the redefinition of the peace-time

Philippines have reported 5 large seizures of methamphetamine and heroin linked to North Korea. The drugs are the

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary African American nationalist organization who favored fighting against oppression rather than peaceful protest. They see them as a freedom fighters; their aim was to patrol and monitor Black neighborhoods in order to protect black community from police abuse. They believed African Americans should arm themselves and compel White Americans to give them equal rights. They seek full employment, decent housing, and no police brutality. Further, they demanded

they act to each other. The Other Wes Moore is a novel by Wes Moore that is about two men that live in a similar situation, but their outcomes are completely different. Both men grew up around gangs and drugs, each of those factors affected them differently. The Other Wes gets involved with drugs and joins a gang, while the Author Wes goes to military school and becomes a decorated combat veteran. Many outside factors also contribute to these outcomes, but each Wes had to allow that to happen. No

became the affordable alternative to cocaine, the most expensive drug in the U.S. The crack cocaine had become so popular that it was an epidemic. The U.S. government declared the war on drugs, in attempts to eliminate the drug dealers by sending more and more of them to the prison. However this effort resulted in the reversed effect, the imprisoned drug dealers have established connections with their inmates and thus strengthening the drug business even more. The arrival of the crack epidemic has increased

The problem of persistent poverty is a complex one that includes communities and individuals who, through no fault of their own, find themselves unable to make ends meet in this world. Large numbers of the nation 's citizens live at or below the poverty threshold, which means each month is a struggle to pay the bills and provide the basics, including food, clothing, and shelter, not to mention access to health care and simple comforts. Unfortunately, today it seems the rich are getting richer and