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Weeks
14 and 15
Web Links for Review:
Overview
of Drug Use in the United States
DEA
Drug Statistics
DEA
Law Enforcement Statistics
Required Readings:
This is Your Bill of Rights, Harper's Magazine,
1999
The Case for Drug Legalization: We Need to Make
Drugs a Controlled Substance Just Like Alcohol, Gary E. Johnson
We Have No War on Drugs, Barry McCaffrey
Legalize It, Mother Jones, March 2000, Jaime Vasconcelos, Mother
Jones March 2000 v25 i2 p18 Mag.Coll.: 101M3211.
US Drug Policy: Failure at Home, Eric Sterling,
Foreign Policy in Focus Nov 16, 1999 v4 i31 p1
(Note: if you have problems finding the article
try the authors name)
The Drug War's Color Line: Black Leaders Shift
Stances on Sentencing, Joe Davidson, The Nation Sept 20, 1999
v269 i8 p42 Mag.Coll.: 100K0059.
Dangerous Alliances, (Influence of US military
on civilian law enforcement), Rown Scarborough, Insight on
the News Oct 25, 1999 v15 i39 p30 Mag.Coll.: 101B2646
The Future of International Criminal Justice,
Oct. 1997, U.S. Department of State Dispatch, David J. Scheffer
Planning for the Future, January 2000, FBI
Law Enforcement Bulletin, Robert Richards
(Note: you may find this article more easily
by using the authors name, rather than the title of the article)
Metro
State Home Page
How
to Access These Articles
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Segment Requirements
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Assignment
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| Learning
Objectives: |
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What is the current status of the US
approach to drug enforcement.
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The amount of drugs seized and individuals
arrested by law enforcement for drug violations.
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The impact of drug enforcement on minorities.
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The impact of drug enforcement on the
criminal justice system.
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Apply the lessons learned in the course
to developing an understanding of what may happen in
the future within the criminal justice system.
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| Review Topics: |
- Who is getting arrested and for what type of drugs?
- What enforcement strategies are working.
- Are there viable alternatives to the present strategies?
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| Discussion
Topics: |
- Does the cost of the current drug policies outweigh
the value - should we change strategies?
- What are the implications of decriminalization of drugs
as a strategy?
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| Writing
Requirement: |
- What would you do about the illegal drug problems in
the U.S.? Describe why you answered the way you did and
justify the answer, within the limitations of the two
to three pages.
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| Review Questions |
- Should enforcement strategies focus on the user of the
dealer? (of illegal drugs)
- When did the war on drugs start?
- Does the SARA model apply to predicting the long term
future?
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