Upload
diego-lucero
View
217
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
1/13
Why We Should Change TheWay We Treat The War On
Drugs
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
2/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
3/13
The 18th Amendment and related laws in 1919: Made alcohol illegal to sell, manufacture or transport in
US
Organized crime became widespread (black market,mob bosses, etc). Resulting in:
Progressively more violence.
Progressively more addiction problems.
Progressively more theft.
Progressively more inmates.
Ban ended in 1933 due to passage of 21st Amendment
which repeals the 18th Amendment What did we learn?
You cant pass laws to change peoples behavior.
Legal prohibition of a vice: Redirects money to people that do not follow the law.
Punishes addicts.
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
4/13
Media Blitz (yellow journalism) According to the News and Media back then,
Marijuana: Causes car accidents
Causes loose morality
Causes acts of shocking violence Causes incurable insanity
Destroys the soul
Is deadlier than heroin or cocaine
In 1937, The Marijuana Tax Act passes US
Congress: It did notcriminalize possession or usage of hemp,
marijuana or cannibis
It didimpose: large taxes (for the time) on everyone that bought/sold
and a possible 5 year prison sentence.
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
5/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
6/13
The drug war really took off once Ronald Reagan waselected President (1981). Since then, throughlegislators from both parties:
Prohibition of all drugs dramatically increases, includingMarijuana.
Drug users are criminalized Sent to prison instead of treated
Fined large amounts
Become more addicted in prison
Organized crime is indirectly given more power andmoney. Resulting in:
More violent crimes
More theft
More inmates
More addiction problems
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
7/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
8/13
Pride? The US is the World Leaderin imprisonmentrates
We have more in prison for drug related crimes than allother offenses combined
We currently have more inmates in America than thepopulation of the state of New Mexico
52.4% are drug related
34.9% are non-violent drug related (possession, use)
Drugs are still more accessible than ever High Schools Middle Schools
of Americans supportthe drug war
of Americans consider the drug war a failure
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
9/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
10/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
11/13
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
12/13
Prohibition of vice stilldoesnt work Empowers organized crime
Behaviors dont change
Imprisonment makes people worse
People become more addicted in prison Once a criminal, Always a Criminal
Harder to get proper employment
Harder to stay in the lawful path
Inmates network and make friends with other inmates.
Treatment of drug addiction as a medical condition is notconsidered in discipline, resulting in:
More addicts, more drug-related crimes, less productiveworkforce, more money from addicts go to fund more crime.
8/2/2019 Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay
13/13
Lets Treat Our Addicted