criminal justice

 During your reading, students came across a section entitled “Drug  Regulation in the Early Twentieth Century: The Beginning of Controls  & Drug Regulation in the Late Twentieth Century: A War on Drugs” in  which it explained many historic euphemisms associated with a multitude  of ethnic groups in America.  African Americans were associated with  drug-induced rapes by way of cocaine use/abuse, Asian Americans were  paired with the smoking of opium, promotion of prostitution, and  gambling, and Mexican Americans were associated with marijuana use and  abuse for political purposes.  In 2021, do we still see this type of  rhetoric being used in today’s society? If so, how do we dispel racial  myths and drug associations to combat the spread of fear-mongering  associated with socio-economic and racial groups? Students should use  outside resources such as peer-reviewed articles which can be found  using the UNT Dallas Electronic Library, along with other outside  resources to substantiate and validate their stance.  The initial discussion post should be a minimum of 500 words or more