how does drug laws affect low income/poverty filled areas in the united states

RUNNING HEAD : HOW DRUG LAWS AFFECT LOW INCOME /POVERTY FILLED AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES How drug laws affect low income /poverty filled areas in the United States

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Date 7 /7 /2008

Introduction

The disproportionate proportions at which the poor and the low income drug offenders have been arrested and send to jail originates in discriminatory disproportionate proportions of arrests which target this group of people . Differing to the public belief , the high numbers of arrest of the poor drug offenders do

not indicate the high proportions of drug law violations but it show this group is mostly targeted by the law enforces . In deed rich people and middle class people commit more drug crimes compared the poor , but the war on drug has mainly been fought in a manner that had predictable outcome of disproportionately targeting the poor and low income drug offenders

This research is going to take a critical review on : How drug laws affect low income /poverty filled areas in the United States . to tackle this matter , the will define what drugs are for theoretical understanding , and the give a detailed account on how these drug laws affects the low income / poor people which is the main subject matter of our study . Finally the will end by giving a conclusion of the discussion

What is drug

Drug can be defined as a substance which when taken in to human body , it affects the human brain in one-way or another . The global estimates suggest that there are nearly million illicit drug users and over 13 million injecting drug users , who live in America . Today , illegal drugs appear to all over in America . Illegal drugs have become popular among the youth , adults , celebrities , homeless , rich and the poor . The America government spends billions of dollars every year trying to make sure that illicit drugs don 't enter into the country

Effects of drug laws on the low income and the poor

A lot of people have asserted that laws which have been enacted to fight drugs have had an adverse effect on civil rights of the American people As William (1992 ) observes , apart from the laws on drugs have resulted in direct loses being suffered by poor people due to increase in crime victimization . He adds that there is also long term under-handed monetary warfare leaving billions of o illegal dollars splashed around in the street enticing the less educated and poor youths into drugs disease and crime

Some other factors have also contributed in increasing the high rates of low income and poor drugs offenders being arrested than to those who are well off . For instance the low income /poor who abuse cocaine will probably buy the cocaine in inexpensive kind of single or few hits of the drug . And they have to get involved in more illegal drug transactions to gratify their desire for drugs . In contrast the middle class and the upper class cocaine users who...