Drugs  (tagged articles)

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A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Benjamin J. Mackey - This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the U.S./Mexican governments. This analysis is conducted through the lens of drug control; namely, through an examination of the distinct strategies... Keep Reading »

Lowering Restrictions on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Elite Sports

Rory W. Collins - This article argues that performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) ought to be allowed across all elite sporting competitions for athletes over the age of 16 so long as consuming them does not pose a significant risk to their health. I begin with a brief explanation of the... Keep Reading »

Latin America's Female Prisoner Problem: How the War on Drugs, Feminization of Poverty, and Female Liberation Contribute to Mass Incarceration of Women

Gretchen Cloutier - According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the number of women in prisons in Latin America has almost doubled since the 1990s. Most women in prison are incarcerated for drug related crimes, and although women are still a minority within the prison population... Keep Reading »

Perpetuating the Cycle: Opioid Addiction and the Criminal Justice System

Scot N. DuFour - Heroin use and the consequences that come from it are skyrocketing around the United States. From major metropolitan areas to rural towns, millions of people are in the throes of opiate addiction. The traditional response to the illegal use and possession of drugs,... Keep Reading »

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse: Examining the Components of Program Efficacy

Joshua J. Timmons - In the American healthcare system there have been few trends as persistent, yet avoidable, as the rise in prescription drug overdoses. Between 1999 and 2008 prescription overdoses quadrupled to nearly twenty thousand per year (Paulozzi, Jones, Mack, & Rudd, 2011... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Drugs is tagged in the following 9 articles.

Drug Trafficking
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Benjamin J. Mackey
This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the U.S./Mexican governments. This analysis is conducted through the lens of drug control; namely, through an examination... Read Article »
Drug Trafficking Border Security U.S.-Mexico Border War on Drugs Organized Crime Cartels
Athletics
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Lowering Restrictions on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Elite Sports
By Rory W. Collins
This article argues that performance enhancing Drugs (PEDs) ought to be allowed across all elite sporting competitions for athletes over the age of 16 so long as consuming them does not pose a significant risk to their health. I begin with a brief... Read Article »
Ethics Bioethics Sport Professional Sports Health Performance Enhancing Drugs Olympics Athletic Performance Human Enhancement Athletics
Socioeconomics
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Latin America's Female Prisoner Problem: How the War on Drugs, Feminization of Poverty, and Female Liberation Contribute to Mass Incarceration of Women
By Gretchen Cloutier
Published by Clocks and Clouds
According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the number of women in prisons in Latin America has almost doubled since the 1990s. Most women in prison are incarcerated for drug related crimes, and although women are still a minority... Read Article »
Latin America War on Drugs Poverty Imprisonment Mass Incarceration Non-Violent Crime Socioeconomics
Substance Abuse
2016, Vol. 8 No. 07
Perpetuating the Cycle: Opioid Addiction and the Criminal Justice System
By Scot N. DuFour
Heroin use and the consequences that come from it are skyrocketing around the United States. From major metropolitan areas to rural towns, millions of people are in the throes of opiate addiction. The traditional response to the illegal use and... Read Article »
Heroin Opiates Addiction Treatment Imprisonment Substance Abuse Drugs War on Drugs
Health Policy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 05
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse: Examining the Components of Program Efficacy
By Joshua J. Timmons
In the American healthcare system there have been few trends as persistent, yet avoidable, as the rise in prescription drug overdoses. Between 1999 and 2008 prescription overdoses quadrupled to nearly twenty thousand per year (Paulozzi, Jones, Mack... Read Article »
Prescription Drugs Substance Abuse Public Health Overdose Epidemic Health Policy Drug Abuse
2012, Vol. 5 No. 2
Deconstructing the Camarena Affair and the Militarized United States-Mexico Border
By Benjamin Schenk
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Recently, the state of the United States-Mexico border has assumed primary importance in American domestic politics. And with that, the border has been conflated with notions of security. This paper will investigate the root causes of the border... Read Article »
U.S.-Mexico Border Drugs Drug Trafficking Mexico Migration Camarena Cartels War on Drugs
Drug Legalization
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
The Need for an Open Debate on Drug Legalization
By William K. Boland
The question of the legalization of Drugs has emerged sporadically throughout the past few decades of national and international politics, resulting in a plethora of opposing viewpoints. The heated debate has consumed the American public, and as... Read Article »
Drugs Legalization Drug War Prison System Drug Research Illegal Drugs
Colombia
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
USAID's Alternative Development Strategy: A Critical Review of Initiatives in Colombia
By Arielle K. Eirienne
Since 2000, the United States (U.S.) has devoted approximately 4.7 billion dollars in foreign aid to Colombia (Isacson 2006:1) with the dual aims of resolving Colombia’s internal conflict and of curbing the country’s role in the international... Read Article »
Colombia Development Alternative Development USAID Coca Drugs FARC
Colombia
2008, Vol. 1 No. 2
U.S. Policy Towards Colombia: A Focus on the Wrong Issue
By Darian Singer
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
In recent years the United States has undertaken daunting activities in fighting two overarching wars against intangible enemies across many borders. The war on Drugs and the war on terror have severed many national ties, even as globalization continues... Read Article »
Colombia Drugs Cartels Narcotics Drug Trafficking Alternative Development Foreign Policy South America

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