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You will add more on the previous essay you've written before. It should be 7 papers long. You will add 4 more sources, I will provide you with one source, so you only have to find just three more sources. They don't have to be scholarly sources, so feel free to use articles from the internet, but not Wikipedia though. The subject is still the same, "Current Drug Laws in the U.S and better examples from other countries"

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Surname: 1 Student’s Name Instructor Course Date Current Drug policy in the U.S Hello viewers and welcome to todays’ session of your favorite program “The Policy Maker.” Today we are going to look at current drug policies in the U.S and other countries that are said to have better anti-drug policies including the Netherlands and Portugal. I am your presenter, Richard Nuni, and in studio today we have 3 guests: On my left is Dr. Beau Kilmer, the director, RAND Drug Policy research Centre. Mr. Kilmer is also a professor at Pardee RAND Graduate School and holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy. On my other side is Dr. Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes, a criminologist as well as Senior Researcher Fellow at Australia’s National Drug & Alcohol Research Center. Dr. Hughes works with the DPMP (Multi-Disciplinary Drug Policy Modeling Program), which is tasked with enhancing Australia’s Drug policy. Her qualifications include BA (Hons), BSc, PhD. Finally, on my farthest right is non-other than Kasia Malinoswska, the director for the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program. Director Malinowska has also worked with the U.S Development Program in NY and Warsaw, leading capacity as well as Drug and AIDS policy reform within the Central & Eastern Europe as well as the former Soviet Union. Host: Let us start with Dr. Kilmer here. Now, Dr. Kilmer I have one question for you, however, let us first look at a few important points from your article “The U.S Drug Policy Landscape.” Surname: 2 You mention that the U.S has done a lot in efforts to control drug use including controlling supply by locking up drug dealers, using evidence based treatment to reduce substance abuse disorders severity within the short-term, and even moving away outside the U.S to origin countries to control production among other methods. In your research you also identify that implementation of such policies bring about huge problems including huge financial costs. On the other hand, you reveal that in spite of all these policies and efforts, there are more than 40, 000 Americans who use illegal drugs including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, methamphetamine and prescription drugs for purposes other than medication in addition, you stated that the U.S uses a very reliable means to identify popular drugs and lessintensive use patterns something that can only mean that this figure is not a mistake. People are wondering: 1. Is there a problem with the U.S anti-drug policy? 2. What can be added to the existing policies to help drug users? Dr. Kilmer: Let me start by saying that it is true that there is a problem with the U.S antidrug policy. The government embarks much on arresting and locking up drug dealers. The problem here is that the government has mistaken law enforcement for supply control. Locking up drug dealers does not reduce the number of drug users. Instead, other dealers will rise, build up or continue the old empires constructed by arrested drug dealers, sell drugs at high prices to cover the costs that have been incurred a result of inconveniences created by the arrests of earlier dealers. Another thing is that the government is wrong by using financial costs as the only measure of determining market-related harms. They could have sufficient information to manage such a problem better by considering other important factors like crime and violence, premature Surname: 3 death, struggle with dependence by dependent users, as well as lost productivity (Kilmer, Caulkins and Pacula, 19). Sure, there are many things that can be added to the control policies to help save more people from the drug epidemic. First of all, law enforcement officer should be trained in the areas of treatment and harm reduction. On top of evidence based treatment, the government can consider pharmacotherapies for opiates, contingency management for coaine, heoin, and marijuana to enhance drug results, as well as syringe distribution to control infection. Host: thank you Dr. Kilmer for you contribution. Turning on my right to Dr. Hughes, what do you think about the same issues? Dr. Hughes: thank you very much for the opportunity. I think that the American Government should adopt what the Portuguese government did. The Portuguese government encouraged the use of illicit by letting its citizen’s access it freely in the market. It also encouraged users to attend treatment. As a result, prison population reduced same as drug prices and death caused by debases transmission. This was a result of reduced demand while the supply was high (Hughes and Stevens). To analyze this, many people joined treatment because they were not afraid of law enforcement, hence, there was no need to hide that they used drugs. As a result, treatment was quite effective reducing drug users as well as related infections. I think that explains it all. Thank you. Host: thank you for your great advice Dr. Hurghes. Madam Malinoswska, What have you got to say about this issue? Dr. Malinoswska: Let me start by saying that I completely agree with Dr. Hughes. A similar thing like what she has explained happened in the Netherlands where the government decided to legalize Marijuana. This decision was reached after realizing that the drug had lesser effects than Surname: 4 other drugs. Their strategy was to allow marijuana, which would discourage its users from engaging in more harmful drugs. Coffee shops where marijuana can be purchased freely were generated for public health as well as social inclusion. However, they have done more that as they generate approximately $512 million in revenue every year (Malinowska). Netherlands also invested a lot in treatment, prevention as well as harm reduction. As a result, it was less likely that a drug user would buy harder drugs while marijuana was available. In addition, HIV as a result of injecting drug use was completely eliminated. I think this is the best way to go not only for America, but the whole world in deed. Thank you. Host: thank you all for your contribution in today’s show. As we have heard from the experts, the U.S policy is problematic. Arresting drug dealers will not work. However, doing the unthinkable and legalizing use of illicit drugs is the way. Just imagine that. This means that users will have nothing to hide anymore, and with good treatment programs in place, the problem will eventually disappear. I thank all the guests for being here today. I also thank all our viewers for you are the reason we are here. Until next week, I wish you all the best. Surname: 5 Works Cited Hughes, Caitlin, Elizabeth and Alex Stevens. "What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization Of Illicit Drugs?" (2010): 1999–1022. Kilmer, Beau, et al. U.S Drug Policy Landscape. Santa Monica: R AND Corporation, 2012. Malinowska, Kasia. For Safe and Effective Drug Policy, Look to the Dutch. 2013. 14 11 2016 .
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Information Literacy
Introduction
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Current Drug policy in the U.S
Hello viewers and welcome to todays’ session of your favorite program “The Policy
Maker.” Today we are going to look at current drug policies in the U.S and other countries that
are said to have better anti-drug policies including the Netherlands and Portugal. I am your
presenter, Richard Nuni, and in studio today we have 3 guests: On my left is Dr. Beau Kilmer,
the director, RAND Drug Policy research Centre. Mr. Kilmer is also a professor at Pardee
RAND Graduate School and holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy. On my other side is Dr. Caitlin
Elizabeth Hughes, a criminologist as well as Senior Researcher Fellow at Australia’s National
Drug & Alcohol Research Center. Dr. Hughes works with the DPMP (Multi-Disciplinary Drug
Policy Modeling Program), which is tasked with enhancing Australia’s Drug policy. Her
qualifications include BA (Hons), BSc, PhD. Finally, on my farthest right is non-other than
Kasia Malinoswska, the director for the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program. Director
Malinowska has also worked with the U.S Development Program in NY and Warsaw, leading
capacity as well as Drug and AIDS policy reform within the Central & Eastern Europe as well as
the former Soviet Union.
Host: Let us start with Dr. Kilmer here. Now, Dr. Kilmer I have one question for you, however,
let us first look at a few important points from your article “The U.S Drug Policy Landscape.”

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You mention that the U.S has done a lot in efforts to control drug use including controlling
supply by locking up drug dealers, using evidence based treatment to reduce substance abuse
disorders severity within the short-term, and even moving away outside the U.S to origin
countries to control production among other methods. In your research you also identify that
implementation of such policies bring about huge problems including huge financial costs.
On the other hand, you reveal that in spite of all these policies and efforts, there are more
than 40, 000 Americans who use illegal drugs including marijuana, cocaine, heroin,
hallucinogens, methamphetamine and prescription drugs for purposes other than medication in
addition, you stated that the U.S uses a very reliable means to identify popular drugs and lessintensive use patterns something that can only mean that this figure is not a mistake. People are
wondering:
1. Is there a problem with the U.S anti-drug policy?
2. What can be added to the existing policies to help drug users?
Dr. Kilmer: Let me start by saying that it is true that there is a problem with the U.S antidrug
policy. The government embarks much on arresting and locking up drug dealers. The problem
here is that the government has mistaken law enforcement for supply control. Locking up drug
dealers does not reduce the number of drug users. Instead, other dealers will rise, build up or
continue the old empires constructed by arrested drug dealers, sell drugs at high prices to cover
the costs that have been incurred a result of inconveniences created by the arrests of earlier
dealers. Another thing is that the government is wrong by using financial costs as the only
measure of determining market-related harms. They could have sufficient information to manage
such a problem better by considering other important factors like crime and violence, premature

Surname: 3
death, struggle with dependence by dependent users, as well as lost productivity (Kilmer,
Caulkins and Pacula, 19). Sure, there are many things that can be added to the control policies to
help save more people from the drug epidemic. First of all, law enforcement officer should be
trained in the areas of treatment and harm reduction. On top of evidence based treatment, the
government can consider pharmacotherapies for opiates, contingency management for coaine,
heoin, and marijuana to enhance drug results, as well as syringe distribution to control infection.
Host: thank you Dr. Kilmer for you contribution. Turning on my right to Dr. Hughes, what do
you think about the same issues?
Dr. Hughes: thank you very much for the opportunity. I think that the American Government
should adopt what the Portuguese government did. The Portuguese government encouraged the
use of illicit by letting its citizen’s access it freely in the market. It also encouraged users to
attend treatment. As a result, prison population reduced same as drug prices and death caused by
debases transmission. This was a result of reduced demand while the supply was high (Hughe...


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