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Student: Siyuan Chen (king)

Teacher: Chocos

Class: 100 DE

Date: 5-14-2014

Drugs Influence America In 1970’s To 1980’s

Drugs influence America in 1970’s to 1980’s

As we know drugs influence America in 1970’s to 1980’s. At that time, drugs is a problem and very popular in America. Americans have many opportunity contact directly on drugs such as Marijuana, Cocaine, and Ecstasy(MDMA). Drugs not only just bad for people health, but also it will destroy the family and countries. Because the drugs have very high price, and the property of drugs is addictive. If people pay lots of money to buy the drugs, then they do not have enough money to improve their family even to maintain their economic. The second reason to explain the Drugs will destroy the countries. People could not leave drugs by themself because the property of drugs is addicted. When people have eat the drugs, they have to still eat the drugs, if not, people will feel uncomfortable. So they will do the cycle of eating system on drugs, eat drugs, then buy drugs, after that eat drugs again, and buy drugs again. Especially in 1970’s to 1980’s, Americans could bought the drugs in anywhere.

As we know, the responsibility of police is protect people and country, but the police corruption was very popular in America. “Rampant corruption in the police means that those who are directly responsible for protecting and serving society are, instead, a threat to their communities. As case in point, in 1970’s to 1980’s, police corruption had become so commonplace in America that many civilians have come to fear law official more than criminals.” America police selling the drugs to teenager to gain the money. They forgot their work just because the drugs were sell the highly price, but the problem is that government corruption. As we know, government control police and order them to do anything. If government did not allow police corruption, who gave police right to do that. That is impossible. So i think police corruption is equal to government corruption. When Americans realize government is still lie to them, Americans might be sad, Americans would thought was that government good for them, did Americans need to change a new government. The president Nixon of America understand Americans worried about, he knew if government could not made Americans believe the government, the country America would destroy. So he said to every Americans, “today, we have to War on Drugs, drugs is public enemy number one in the United States...If we cannot destroy the drug menace, then it will destroy us.”

Government prepare to stop the drugs selling in America, they create many department that supervise the government of people working in government even in police or just Americans. The famous department is DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) In her book, The DEA in Latin America: Dealing with Institutionalized Corruption Ethan A. Nadelmann connotes In examining US efforts to deal with drug-related corruption in foreign governments, this analysis contributes to two areas of public policy studies that rarely intersect: corruption reform and foreign policy(5). The meaning is Drugs-related corruption change two things, corruption reform and foreign policy. It just want to tell us drugs corruption is very popular, it not only effects people, but also influence many countries. So if countries want to stop the drugs and want to protect people, they have to stop their family to buy drugs or control foreign trade because it is a basis way to stop people contact drugs. Also, government have responsibility to find someone who has drugs corruption, everyone have to trying to influence the nature and impact of government corruption.

The DEA must have their own group to offer some information for themself. As Nadelmann puts it, one of the most successful measures employed by DEA has been the creation of elite drug enforcement units composed of local police(11). Resident DEA agents have taken active hand in creating these units, often training them some of these units are independent agencies have different methods to control people, monitor government. Also, DEA often use their influence to guard against interference to corrupt officials. DEA like a fail-safe system. Corrupt officials have not any chance to contact drugs that was another way to stop drugs in America. I think it is a good ideal because it is really good for people, help people to leave drugs.

Also, if DEA really want to stop people use drugs, they have to know who has relevant with drugs first. Nadelmann said, the DEA agent’s ability to threaten directly through on the threat, also depends on the rank and connection of the corrupt official(10-11). The meaning is the most vulnerable is the lower level agent, who can influenced by any DEA agent. Nadelmann want to tell us everyone are important for DEA, even if people have not much power to change the affection of drugs on people, but they also influenced by DEA agent. If low level’s people who are not belong to DEA agent the affection of a country that is higher level’s people who are control everything. As for the occasional country, in which the president is suspected of being involved in drugs traffic. Then, on one know and on one can stop. So the quote tell us the condition to stop drugs and everyone have responsibility to help themself or other people to stop drugs.

Then, if government or country want to help DEA to fight on Drugs, that is a good way to stop drugs. Nadelmann said,In virtually all of the countries where DEA and the State Department have assisted in the creation of such units, drug-related corruption has extended to the very highest levels of government, up to and including the interior and defense mini-sters, top military and police officials, and their aides(13). Because people were suffered problems by drugs, also police corruption was happened, Americans could not believe police even if the government of America. But at that time, America department have assisted for DEA, and highest levels of government join into this team. From this we can know 2 point, the first point is that drugs have very big influence in America, the second is that America can not waiting for people stop to use drugs by themself, they have to do somethings, they have responsibility to protect Americans to leave drugs, they have to protect country, and this is their works. My position is people have to stop to use drugs. The habit of people is follow someone to do the same things, when we see some people buy the drugs and eat. We may see they are exciting, so we might think is that drugs good? Why i do not try one more time? If the highest levels of government said the drugs are bad, people have to abuse drugs with government, then America will be better, and people will have a good family, and good country.

Finally, adopting smart ideal that can abuse drugs qucikly. Nadelmann said,One option available to the DEA agent, although it may entail risks to his relationship, involves deceiving the local agent. For in-stance, the DEA agent may persuade the local agent to arrest a trafficker who, unknown to the local agent, has high-level protec-tion from someone superior to the local agent or outside his juris-diction.(22) i think it is a good ideas to catch people who are selling the drugs or buy the drugs. Because the local agent know more information more than DEA, if they can help DEA that will help lots of people to stop to use drugs early. It is a good strategy and effective to stop drugs influence American, because if bad guys know the government want to find them before the government come, they have time to hiding until government leave. Local agent never leave, so this agent can supervise anything about drugs. And from this information, we can know the government really want to stop drugs influence America.

In conclusion, people have responsibility fight to drugs, also they have to protect their family and countries. We have to believe our government and help them. And every person can do contribution to their country whether lowest levels person or highest levels person. Such as drugs, in which is bad for people, one person can help one person buy the drugs that just not only help one person, but also help lots of people. Because the people will influence another, one by one. Each person have to believe their power, they also can change this country even in this world.

Works cited

Ethan A. Nadelmann. The DEA in Latin America:Dealing with Institutionalized Corruption

http://www.researchomatic.com/Police-Corruption-In-The-Nypd-During-The-1970s-And-1980s-52498.html