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Thesis Statement

Irving Toruno

Florida International University

September 13, 2020

Thesis Statement

This paper contains a draft to the thesis statement that of the capstone research paper that I will write. Besides the thesis statement, it is also going to highlight the data that can be found on the articles that will be used for the final capstone project. The topic that I have selected for the capstone project is War on Drugs.

Thesis statement: The American war in drugs has continued for many years now and has led to the creation of policies that are meant to aid the government in its war against drugs.

Article 1

Written by Coyne and Hall, Four Decades and Counting contains a clear history of the War on Drugs that has been fought by America for many years now. The paper has made an analysis of some policies that are being used by America to stage the war against drugs. On a broader scope, the paper has made looked into the failures of the some policies that are being used by the government.

Article 2

Addressing the war on drugs with an introduction of the war on drugs as well as its history, Kohn et al have presented a better way that the government can make its war against drugs better. The article has presented some approaches that can be used by the government on its war against drugs. A good example is highlighting the areas of collaboration that can be used by the law enforcement agencies of countries that are involved in the war against drugs.

Article 3

Written by Glen Olives Thompson, the last article for the capstone project addresses some of the issues that are being faced by the government as well as the challenges that it has encountered on its war against drugs. The implications it has on its partner’s such as Mexico have also been addressed in the article. The policies that have been made by the government as well as its neighbors has also been addressed in the article.

References

Coyne, C. J., & Hall, A. R. (2017). Four Decades and Counting the Continued Failure of the War on Drugs.

Kohn, H. K., Kerlikowske, G., & Botticelli, M. P. (2018). A SmarterWar on Drugs. Jama Forum, 320(22).

Olives Thompson, G. (2014). Slowly learning the hard way: U.S. America’s war on drugs and implications for Mexico. Norteamérica, 9(2), 59-85.  https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2014.b003