Influence of Social Media on Illicit Drugs Discussion

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Description: What are some ways today that media tries to influence what we think about alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs? Provide examples. Do you think media provides an accurate portrayal of these issues? Explain.

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The War on Drugs The War on Drugs ▫ Alcohol and prohibition ➢ 18th Amendment ▪ 1920 ▪ The manufacture, sale, transportation, or consumption of intoxicating liquors is prohibited The War on Drugs ▫ 1919 Volstead Act ➢ Banned distribution of beverages containing more than 0.5% of alcohol ▫ Bootlegging ➢ Organized crime ➢ Crime rates increased The War on Drugs ▫ The Harrison Tax Act of 1914 ➢ An Act to provide the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes. ➢ Did not prohibit the medical use of these drugs The War on Drugs ▫ Interpretations of the Harrison Act ➢ United States v. Jin Fuey Moy (1916) ➢ United States v. Doremus (1919) ➢ Webb v. United States (1919) The War on Drugs ▫ Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 ➢ The marijuana menace, the vicious weed ➢ Reefer Madness o Anti-drug propaganda film ➢ Every person who imports, manufactures, produces, compounds, sells, deals in, dispenses, prescribes, administers, or gives away marijuana has to register and pay a tax The War on Drugs ▫ Uniform Narcotic Drug Act ➢ Gave states the option to treat marijuana as a narcotic drug ➢ Did not include proposed penalties ▫ Boggs Act ➢ 1951 ➢ Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses The War on Drugs ▫ Controlled Substances Act of 1970 ➢ Established the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ➢ Replaced the Bureau of Narcotics with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ➢ Established five schedules President Nixon The War on Drugs ▫ The contemporary war on drugs ➢ Former President Ronald Reagan ➢ Use of illegal drugs was a threat to national security ➢ Just say no ➢ The appearance of crack and the birth of crack babies ➢ Harsh penalties for drug offenses Quarterback Doug Williams and First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1988 The War on Drugs ▫ Sentencing Reform and Guidelines ➢ Indeterminate sentence o Does not assign a set amount of jail time but specifies a range ▪ Minimum and maximum sentence • Example: 5 to 10 years sentence o Problems with discretion, disparity, and discrimination The War on Drugs ▫ Sentencing Reform and Guidelines ➢ Determinate sentence o Defined length o Limited number of sentencing options o Included enhancements ➢ Sentencing grid o Crime seriousness and criminal record The War on Drugs ▫ Sentencing Reform and Guidelines ➢ Guidelines in the U.S. o Two Factors • Severity of the offense ▪ Type and amount of drugs • Seriousness of prior record o Factors that should not increase or decrease sentence The War on Drugs ▫ Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes ➢ Rockefeller Drug Laws (1973) ➢ 650 Lifer Law (1978) o Revised in 1998 ➢ Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 The War on Drugs ▫ Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes ➢ Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 o Crack-powder cocaine disparity ➢ Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 o Death penalty for major drug traffickers or who caused another’s death in the commission of a drug felony The War on Drugs ▫ Reducing the Supply of Drugs ➢ International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) o Reduce supply of drugs entering the U.S. by targeting source-country drug cultivation ➢ Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) o Eradicate cocoa and poppy production in Columbia The War on Drugs ▫ Reducing the Supply of Drugs ➢ Department of Homeland Security interdiction efforts o U.S. Coast Guard o Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o Customs and Border Protection The War on Drugs ▫ Reducing the Supply of Drugs ➢ Department of Justice o Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) • Identifying and Dismantling o Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) • Enforcement of controlled substances laws • Brining to justice those involved Conclusion
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Influence of Social Media on Illicit Drugs
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Ways through which media tries to influence what people think about illicit drugs.

Although rates of alcohol and tobacco use among adolescents and young adults are
dropping in the United States, prevalence remains high, and marijuana use is on the increase.
Substance abuse in teenagers and young adults is linked to a slew of negative consequences.
Through promoted commercial advertisements in youth-oriented films, tv, and computer games,
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