The New Jersey vs T.L.O. case is a controversial case that many people have different opinions about. This case led to many different opinions and thoughts about students privacy and rights at school. A New Jersey school district brought the case to the Supreme Court after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the search planted on T.L.O. was against the Fourth Amendment. Well, actually the search was not against the Fourth Amendment. New Jersey’s search planted on T.L.O. was not against the Fourth Amendment.
In his article, “Toward a Policy on Drugs,” Elliot Currie discusses “the magnitude and severity of our drug crisis” (para. 21), and how “no other country has anything resembling the American drug problem” (para. 21). The best way to describe America’s drug problem is that it is a hole continuously digs itself deeper. America’s drug issues were likely comparable to other country’s at one point in time, but today it can be blamed on the “street cultures” (para. 21) that continue to use and spread the use of illegal drugs. These street cultures transcend the common stereotype of drug users, such as low income communities in cities or welfare recipients, and can be found in every economic class and location. They are groups of people who have
Throughout high school teenagers are going through many changes. These young people are trying to find themselves and seek out who they truly are. Along the road they encounter peer pressure from people utilizing illegal substances. Even though school systems educate young minds about the use and consequences of illegal drugs, they still take the chances. The predominant complication that these adolescents come across is that upon interacting with the police, they are unaware of how to manipulate the circumstance.
In the class, we discuss drug culture and how it affects America in good and bad ways, the effects drugs have on people who take them, the people around them and the impact it makes on the economy. This film shows the good and bad ways cocaine impacted our environment. Though many wish the Miami economy was built back up around more legal means it still helped to create the thriving Miami we know today. Cocaine cowboys is one of the best examples of how drugs have affected America. Allowing me to take more from the Dalton state drugs in America course, by not just reading about it but painting a more vivid picture of why/how drug policy came to be and how it affects me as a criminal justice
In 1970, Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act in an effort to categorize regulated drugs based on their potential for abuse. This act divided their potential into five categories or technically five schedules. Some examples from each category would be: Schedule 1: heroin or LSD Schedule 2: morphine or opium Schedule 3: butabarbital or anabolic steroids Schedule 4: chloral hydrate or diazepam Schedule 5: low-strength codeine combined with other drugs to form a cough suppressant I believe they created this act to try to prevent drug abuse. This act helps prevent drug abuse by categorizing the drugs from the highest potential of addiction to the lowest potential of addiction. The higher ones have many regulations and laws that way
The use of narcotics like cocaine, claimed many lives and earned widespread coverage by media and news. Following this Nancy Reagan began the “War on Drugs”, a campaign to combat pre-existing drug usage and prevent future
With the fear Charles Manson and his associates, the general public quickly moved away from the hippie ideals; sudden fears brought an end to the era of peace and prosperity. The generations that grew up in the seventies to nineties grew up in a time where Charles Manson, cults, and murderers were all the result of illegal drug usage. In “The War On Drugs” Dickinson talks about how “the war” served to only increase the fear, the risk, the cost, and the punishment. Stated that the forty-five-year long war on drugs, that it has been a complete failure only spreading fear, unjust punishment, and an increase in “felons”; citing President Obama’s speech on the war on drugs (The War on Drugs, Dickinson). With fear of LSD becoming more common; the average users
The following paper evaluates the impact of government programs on illegal drug usage and distribution, as well as illegal drug usage and distribution effects on citizens. Illegal drug usage and distribution dates all the way back to the 15th century. But, the 21st century presents the biggest rise and drug usage in distribution. As of the rise in illegal drug usage and distribution, countermeasures have been placed by the government, such as classes in school. Focusing on the youth is efficient, but, if the government focused on middle age groups drug usage and distribution would lower even further.
citizens. While in office, he signed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that regulates certain drugs and substances based upon a scale of one to five, with number one holding the “most dangerous” drugs. Furthering his need to eliminate recreational drug use, Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1973 to control and regulate drug use and smuggling in the United
As the war on drugs broke out in the 1980s, many schools took the initiative to crack down harder on their students in an effort to maintain school order. Due to the harsher drug policies, schools initiated the zero-tolerance approach. Seen as highly controversial, many wonder how well the zero-tolerance policy works. While some advocate the need for a no-nonsense approach in the face of increasing school violence, evidence has shown that it is actually debilitating to students learning when schools use suspension and expulsion as a means to maintain control. Not to mention, that the zero-tolerance approach has raised numerous questions on the treatment of minorities, inconsistent application, and many other school issues.
The intake of drugs creates multiple problems for a society: in the classroom disruptions arise, on the streets accidents occur, in public places vandalism transpires, and at home relationships break. In order to address the issue of drug consumption, mandatory drug testing, based on the evidence explored, should take place in public schools. During the teenage years, new ideas in a community, such as trying drugs, can be influential, so drug tests are a method to prevent negative influences from harming the youth. Through a mandatory drug test, schools provide students with an incentive to avoid the temptation and curiosity to experiment with drugs.
Bullying has always been a prevalent issue. However, there is an increasing connection between school violence and drug abuse. Surveys show that teens between the ages of 12-17 with violent behaviors admitted to increased use of drug use compared to people in same age range that did not show any violent behavior. When under the influence of drugs a person does not have full control of their body and mind. Under pressure or when feeling threatened, a person who’s high will turn to violence more quickly.
The police also took advantage of the situation by using it as an excuse to upgrade their firearms to .38 caliber pistols (Miller, 2013, p. 185). However, fear of violence and racism weren’t alone in the rationale for condemning cocaine. The use of cocaine among women brought up concerns regarding sexual morality. The use of cocaine by prostitutes was covered by the media, and
School safety is a very controversial topic in the U.S. There are many cases of people questioning the safety of schools. Recent school shootings raised concerns over school safety. While this has received a lot of attention, other things such as drugs, ara problem in schools. Even teachers have spoken out about the lack of safety of their schools.
Therefore, gang members bring their conflicts, attitudes, and behaviors to school; nevertheless, when passing classes, during lunch, around campus, and during assemblies events. Gang-involved youth somehow manage to engage in criminal activity, rival confrontation, delinquency, and violence. “Gang formation appears to be facilitated by social context characterized by broader changes in the economy, poverty, inequality, social disorganization, easy access to drugs, and an absence of well-paying jobs” (Elrod & Ryder, 2014, p. 68). Many gang members have family members who are involved in gang activities, and students have fewer
