Drugs

Running head : DRUGS AND CRIME : LINKING THE TWO EVILS

Drugs and Crime : Linking the Two Evils

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Drugs abuse has perennially been considered as a social malaise . Three major drugs have been identified to be heroin , cocaine and alcohol Since it is legal , alcohol remains to be the drug of choice for most people , especially teenagers . However , alarming facts indicate that alcohol-related deaths account for more than one hundred thousand a year , far more than all other illegal drugs combined . Thus , society has to fight

the war against drug abuse by imposing law enforcement efforts along with education , prevention programs and treatment projects in to curb the abuse of these illicit drugs and the crimes these drugs cause .Drugs and Crime : Linking the Two Evils

Introduction

Drugs abuse has perennially been considered as a social malaise . As numerous surveys have indicated , it is disturbing to note that more than half of all high school age kids have used drugs before . Self-report surveys indicate that more than half of high school seniors have tried drugs and almost 80 percent have used alcohol (Institute for Social Research , 12 /16 /2002 . Adolescents at high risk for drug abuse often come from the most impoverished communities and experience a multitude of problems , including school failure and family conflict . Also , equally troubling is the association between drug use and crime . Research indicates that 10 percent of all juvenile male arrestees in some cities test positive for cocaine (National Institute of Justice , 2003 . The drug problems is so widespread that the US taxpayers spend 69 billion a year on the "war on drugs " - including the gigantic cost of arresting trying or imprisoning 1 .6 million Americans annually - but the war is being lost , because narcotics abuse remains as extensive as ever and the crimes caused by it is growing (The Charleston Gazette 6 /10 /2006 ,

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At present , there is a wide variety of substances referred to as drugs that could be in danger to be abused . Not to mention , the appearance of newer substances , known as designer drugs , that are popular among the younger generation . Although some of these drugs are not addicting , some create hallucinations , others cause a depressed stupor and a few give an immediate feeling of high . Relatively , all drugs can be abused and because of the danger they present , many have been banned from private use . Other drugs are available legally only with a physician 's supervision , and a few are available to adults but prohibited for children

Major Drugs

Heroin is probably the most dangerous commonly abused drug . Users rapidly build up a tolerance for it , fueling the need for increased doses to obtain the desired effect . At first heroin is usually sniffed or snorted as tolerance builds , it is skin popped (shot into skin but not into a vein and finally it is injected into a vein , or mainlined (Neaigus et al . 1998 ,

. 110 . As the most commonly used narcotic in...