Category: War on Drugs

On June 17th of 1971, President Nixon began Americas longest and costliest war, a blemish in the history of America; the war on drugs. Nixon convinced Americas citizens that Americas public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a…

The War on Drugs, which is a term that was coined by the media, began on June 18, 1971 after President Nixon gave a speech about domestic and international drug reform to Congress. Which was once considered to be a drug reform movement went on to become a segway to mass incarceration that ultimately increased…

Kennedy (2011) concluded the War on Drugs had blackened prison populations for a number of years. Diiulio (1995) based on the above evidence, was right to state that government policies can destroy families but it cannot create one. Alexander (2010) accused the War on Drugs for its inequality focus but also blamed the indifference of…

Introduction The drug war has been an ongoing battle in the US for many years. It is a problematic issue with numerous facets. Initiated in the 1970s, this metaphorical “war” represents the government’s concerted efforts to combat illegal narcotics production, distribution, and consumption. Framed as a moral imperative, it has become a central part of…

Drugs in our world have been used for centuries, yet have been illegal for one 1% of our time. In 1971, President Nixon declared drug abuse to be public enemy number one. Tv shows and social media made it clear that drug dealers and cartels are villains and must be stopped. These social media networks…

It violates the right to life. The war on drugs established a violation of right to freedom from execution by the extrajudicial killings (Dickson, 2019). The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has signed the recognition of right to life. Under the ICCPR, the right to be free from death includes arbitrary and extrajudicial…

The start of the Duterte administration was the beginning of the campaign on war on drugs in the Philippines (Kishi, Pavlik, & Constantino, 2019) . According to Simbulan, Dioquino-Maligaso, Herbosa and Withers (2019), The Philippines has 1,8 million current drug users and 4,8 million Filipinos have reported utilizing illegal drugs at least once in their…

Since 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte established war on drugs to eliminate all the people who used and sell drugs. As a Filipino who saw how Dutertes war on drugs became the reason of killings in our country I can say that this platform is not the platform that we need in our country so…