I think that being DEA agent is an interesting job. There are some benefits but also some disadvantages. Their job is to go after the biggest and baddest drugs, like marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroine. Mexico was reported the major drug cartels. There are many problems that they face. For example, you have to commute whenever you’re require to. But if you like to travel, then this is a good thing. It also require a lot of good team work. Team work is extremely important, you have to be able to communicate very well with your team so you won’t mess up on important cases. To be able to hunt down and fight the drugs dealer, it require a lot. If one person messed up, the whole plan will be mess up. Also, some cases are more challenging than …show more content…
And if marijuana is legal, they will have a harder time to control these drugs dealers. The drugs dealers will try to introduce more substances and people will try it. I don’t see any good if we legalize marijuana or any kind of drugs. But DEA agents will have to work harder and be smarter to deal with all these drugs users. It’s not going to be easy, they will need to come up with new tricks and plans to try to keep these drugs users in control. Because I think that if marijuana is legal, other drugs in the future will be legal too. Like I said earlier, as long as human have an addiction toward something, there will be new substances introduced. One day, there will be no way to control these drugs users and dealers. Also, when you’re on drugs, I don’t think you who what you’re doing. You might think that you know what you’re doing, but I doubt you do. At that time, people will make choices that they don’t want to and how are police officers going to punish them? It not only make DEA agents jobs harder but it will make everyone life harder. I hope DEA agents will come up with better plans as time go on to control these drugs users and
Lately it seems that drug policy and the war on drugs has been in the headlines quite a lot. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the policies that the United States government takes against illegal drugs are coming into question. The mainstream media is catching on to the message of organizations and individuals who have long been considered liberal "Counter Culture" supporters. The marijuana question seems to be the most prevalent and pressed of the drugs and issues that are currently being addressed. The messages of these organizations and individuals include everything from legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, to full-unrestricted legalization of the drug. Of course, the status quo of vote seeking politicians and conservative policy makers has put up a strong resistance to this "new" reform lobby. The reasons for the resistance to the changes in drug policies are multiple and complex. The issues of marijuana’s possible negative effects, its use as a medical remedy, the criminality of distribution and usage, and the disparity in the enforcement of current drug laws have all been brought to a head and must be addressed in the near future. It is apparent that it would be irresponsible and wrong for the government to not evaluate it’s current general drug policies and perhaps most important, their marijuana policy. With the facts of racial disparity in punishment, detrimental effects, fiscal strain and most importantly, the history of the drug, the government most certainly must come to the conclusion that they must, at the very least, decriminalize marijuana use and quite probably fully legalize it.
In the article “Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal” they state that it is a scientific fact that marijuana is not toxic to humans. It is nearly impossible to overdose on marijuana, unlike other legal and illegal substances that can cause death when being used for the first time with very little amounts. The writer of the article mentions how prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic product of marijuana. The government has tried to use criminal penalties for the past 75 years , yet marijuana is still used by 25 million people annually. Thinking that marijuana is going to be completely eliminated from America is a silly fantasy. Right now, marijuana is the biggest cash crop in the United States. A regulated marijuana market would also reduce the sales of the “drug” to teenagers. Teenagers would also not be exposed to different types of other illegal drugs such as pills or cocaine if they are not exposed to illegal marijuana.
The argument over drug reform and the current prohibition has been going on for years. It seems to be an argument between a wise parent and a young teenager, but as generations change more and more of the parents seem to switch sides. While prohibitionists say the mainstream drugs like cocaine, heroin, LSD, and marijuana are harmful and immoral, legalizers argue the opposite (Rachels 223). While they are both valid and interesting arguments the drugs named above still remain illegal. Many organizations and respected citizens have come to America’s attention in their support for drug reform or complete legalization of certain drugs. These people range from normal citizens who support the recreational use of marijuana to judges and ex- law enforcement agents who say the war on drugs has been a failure. The drug issue in the United States of America has been going on for years with the counterculture of the sixties up until the more recent medicinal marijuana debates today, and it seems that it is not going to go away anytime soon.
Many feel today we are loosing the war on drugs. People consider legalization unnecessary. They feel that it will increase the amount of drug use throughout the world. They state that in many cases, drug users who have quit quit because of trouble with the law. Legalization would eliminate the legal forces that discourage the users from using or selling drugs. They also say that by making drugs legal, the people who have never tried drugs for fear of getting caught by the law will have no reason to be afraid anymore and will become users (Potter 1998).
The DEA is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the department of justice, that tasked with combining drug smuggling and drug users within the United States. A career as a Drug Enforcement Administration Agent is supported by an an excellent federal benefits package that most would find very nice. This means that you would be able to enroll in a federal employees health benefits program as well as a federal employees group life insurance programs. The DEA is the head agency for domestic enforcement of drugs and other controlled substances, but share concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. After a applicant receives a offer from the DEA to become a agent all new recruits must complete a rigorous training which involves practicing with a firearm, weapon safety, tactical shooting...
Drug use is part of human nature, but the unimaginable wealth involved leads to the corruption of the police, judges, and elected officials. There is no reason to have the government regulating what goes into an individual’s body. An extreme case of what we’re letting the government do is letting them take away our own self, an individual’s ownership over his own body. I think it’s in everyone’s interest to legalize all drugs, since this war is going nowhere, letting the government get more powerful than it was ever meant to have been, and it’s putting numbers over our names.
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Do you want to live in a country where everywhere you go there are people on drugs? Is that what you want your kids to be exposed to? Because I think if we legalize all drugs that’s what will happen. Drug legalization has more cons than pros in my opinion because legalizing drugs are not going to stop people from doing them. It may even increase the amount of users. If we end up do legalizing marijuana we should keep it at a controlled amount per person. Legalizing all drugs is not a good choice, but legalizing just marijuana may not be a bad choice either. Marijuana may help the economy or it may just make it worse but we will never know until we try it.
If we use utilitarianism to see the cost of legalizing hard drugs by considering the outcomes that were obtained when liquor was legalized, we can certainly rule out the bad effects of these hard drugs too. The economy of the United States can be boosted by legalizing these drugs and reducing smuggling of these drugs to an extent, where they do not affect the economy of the country. Some of the states of the U.S. want to legalize some of these hard drugs just to uplift the drowning economy of the country. DEA (Drug Regulatory Authority) must pay their informers who bring intelligence about drug mafias. This payment is carried by the money of the U.S. tax payers who earn this money by their sweat and blood. Legalizing these hard drugs will not only reduce the informers but will also cut jobs from the DEA itself which will be huge relief for US tax payers. Making these drugs legalized will create a sense of freedom in the American citizens. This very freedom will reduce stress and depression from the public. Some of the patients who are in acute chronic pain do not get the requires dosage of these drugs (medical marijuana) by the doctors because the doctors are too afraid to prescribe their high quantities. Constant and prolonged pain will trigger depression in the patients. Legalization of these drugs will not only relieve pressure from the doctors but will also free the average
There are many opinions about whether or not marijuana is harmful to our society. The topic is being brought every day, there are many talks about marijuana in political talks. The idea of legal use of recreational marijuana is in the near future for every state. The people are voting in favor of recreational marijuana, and the popularity is growing every day. There are so many benefits a state can have from the legalization of marijuana. The legalization of marijuana is only beneficial in today’s society is becoming more acceptable and more people are doing it. This upcoming election there are five presidential candidates that are pro marijuana, which mean there’s a high chance that there will be laws created to legalize marijuana. I believe
So in fact, we are not legalizing a drug, only introducing a new weapon for fighting illnesses. I hope to have changed people?s minds that have some of the hostilities towards marijuana. Its uses go far beyond just getting "high." It can be used to make paper, therefore saving many trees, clothes, and most importantly for medicine. . The evidence has clearly shown that marijuana has been around for a great deal of time and has served multiple purposes throughout history. Although I do not condone smoking marijuana as a recreational drug, I feel that its positive aspects would greatly assist us in the present as well as the future.
Drugs will always be there, and people will always use them. It is just a matter of reducing and benefiting from it by legalizing it. If drugs were legalized they should be consumed in a controlled environment, not anywhere else. With that being said you can't go out and sell it, give some to dealers, commit a crime while high, nor be a threat to the public. Then I thought, there will still be illegal drugs roaming around because the dealers need money; but they cannot grow or make a profit from their businesses, because if the consumers want to purchase some marijuana they would buy it where it is legal. Thus, the dealers would go out of business trying ...
Leading to an increase in drug experimentation by the youth and an increase in crack houses, where most laced drugs are produced. There is a reason why these drugs are illegal and it 's because of their harmful effects and the damage they cause the human body. Drug users, are often recognized as people who commit crimes, murder, rape, and other violence including burglary. With drug laws, it creates a fear in people of getting in trouble with the law and is a major reason to not use drugs. The legalization of drugs would not lower crimes rates as there would be more and more addicts as well as large black markets for drugs. Although these drug users commit crimes to obtain these drugs, it is obvious to see they would still be committing these crimes to obtain the drug even if it is legalized. Either way, a crime is still being committed they just have an easier way to steal the drug from someone. Which means the crime rates would start to rise, leading to the population of prisoners increasing, which also leads to the government spending more money on organizing jail facilities to hold these prisoners. One state in particular where marijuana is now legal, has started to come to the realization that maybe it wasn’t a good idea to leaglize this drug. Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Florida and President of SAM points out that,
First of all, marijuana can have many positive effects on crime. Legalizing marijuana can actually decrease crime rates in the U.S. This past year, it was counted that 6.9 million people are inside the American’s jails and prisons. 60,000 of these individuals were there for marijuana according to one study. With the legalization of marijuana, it would cut the amount of tax we pay for these jails and prisons, costing us a total of 1.2 billion. Last year a total of 7 to 10 billion dollars was used towards arresting and processing against marijuana. The big picture here is that 90% of those arrests were just for possession. It is crazy that as a country we spend most of our time trying to stop the biggest drug in America when it is just wasting our money. There are less arrests on violent crimes than marijuana charges combined. These “violent crimes” consist of assault, rape, robbery, and murder. How awful is it that we waste our time on this drug when there are so many other bigger problems we could be solving or people to be saved. Cocaine and heroin arrests have actually decreased by 1/3 from 1991 to 2000. While marijuana has more than 700,000 people are ar...
With America’s war on drugs being highly focused on the increased use of marijuana, there is not much time for officers to focus on crimes of greater importance. Crimes related to illegal marijuana use are becoming more problematic due to drug deals that go bad, occasionally ending with murder. It has been estimated that one marijuana-related arrest is made every 42 seconds. With marijuana being illegal, keeping crime related activities under control cost the United States approximately twenty billion dollars per year (Sledge). According to Brian Bremner and Vincent Del Giudice, “A 2010 study by the libertarian Cato Institute, forecasted that states could save $17.4 billion annually from reduced drug enforcement costs and increased tax revenue, assuming marijuana production and sales were legal nationwide” (11). Several law enforcement hours are exhausted with pursing, questioning, and arresting citizens that are in possession of or consuming marijuana. There would be a decrease in the number of misdemeanor possession cases that are pending hearing. These cases would be dismissed, decreasing costs affiliated with each case. There are excessive numbers of people who remain incarcerated for nonviolent crimes related to illegal marijuana use. Legalizing marijuana would allow these people to be released, opening jail space for the true criminals. Legalizing marijuana would free up law enforcement officers from focusing on illegal marijuana use and allow focus to be put on more serious